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Which colleges are most affordable for Illinois residents ? The answer may surprise you.
These rankings of the most affordable colleges for Illinois residents are based on the estimated net price for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of Illinois.
Note: Net price is the actual cost of the school paid by the student and family, after factoring in merit and grant aid from the college federal programs and work study.The net prices displayed in these rankings are College Raptor's estimates.
“Typical” middle class family values used in the Net Price estimates on this page are:
| Rank | Institution | Typical Net Price | Sticker Price | % Savings | Undergraduates | Est. Median SAT | Acceptance Rate | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northeastern University Professional Programs | 5700 | 53000 | 0.8921 | 2,525 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | University of Chicago | 6400 | 87200 | 0.9266 | 7,519 | 1535 | 0.0448 | |
| 3 | CUNY City College | 8000 | 31200 | 0.7437 | 12,982 | 1169 | 0.5997 | |
| 4 | Davidson College | 9800 | 89900 | 0.891 | 1,869 | 1454 | 0.1337 | |
| 5 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5776 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 6 | Northern Illinois University | 12400 | 29000 | 0.5718 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 7 | Northwestern University | 12600 | 87700 | 0.8563 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 8 | William Jewell College | 12700 | 46900 | 0.7295 | 969 | 1110 | 0.3836 | |
| 9 | Eastern Illinois University | 12800 | 24500 | 0.4787 | 6,785 | 1020 | 0.6535 | |
| 9 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 12800 | 24000 | 0.4666 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 11 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 13100 | 20300 | 0.3538 | 14,243 | 1125 | 0.7675 | |
| 12 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 13900 | 25000 | 0.4431 | 3,018 | 920 | 0.9386 | |
| 12 | University of South Florida | 13900 | 17100 | 0.187 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 14 | Texas Tech University | 14000 | 27000 | 0.4813 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 15 | Indiana University-South Bend | 14300 | 27500 | 0.48 | 4,083 | 1070 | 0.8384 | |
| 15 | University of Idaho | 14300 | 26400 | 0.458 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 17 | Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville | 14400 | 41100 | 0.6502 | 8,975 | 1045 | 0.9721 | |
| 18 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15300 | 28100 | 0.4555 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 19 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15500 | 24800 | 0.3744 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 20 | University of South Carolina Aiken | 15700 | 23300 | 0.3263 | 3,289 | 1115 | 0.7857 | |
| 21 | New York University | 15800 | 91800 | 0.8277 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 22 | University of Georgia | 17000 | 27100 | 0.3702 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 23 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 17700 | 17700 | 0 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 24 | Keene State College | 17900 | 31900 | 0.4399 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 25 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 18200 | 20300 | 0.1034 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 26 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 18500 | 27600 | 0.3296 | 9,302 | 1125 | 0.9735 | |
| 27 | Bluffton University | 18900 | 55000 | 0.6562 | 602 | 1025 | 0.6116 | |
| 27 | Eastern Michigan University | 18900 | 36100 | 0.4762 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 27 | Texas State University | 18900 | 28900 | 0.3455 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 27 | University of Mississippi | 18900 | 45500 | 0.5851 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 31 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19200 | 31000 | 0.3803 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 32 | Lincoln University | 19300 | 36300 | 0.4689 | 1,545 | 890 | 0.6572 | |
| 33 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19500 | 71100 | 0.726 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 34 | Lee University | 19900 | 37100 | 0.4631 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 34 | University of Northern Iowa | 19900 | 24000 | 0.1697 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 36 | Bethany Lutheran College | 20100 | 46400 | 0.5669 | 856 | 1160 | 0.3897 | |
| 37 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20200 | 30600 | 0.3398 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 38 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 20300 | 31900 | 0.3631 | 6,306 | 1214 | 0.9075 | |
| 38 | Marian University | 20300 | 46100 | 0.5594 | 1,074 | 1035 | 0.6677 | |
| 40 | Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | 20400 | 49400 | 0.5865 | 2,079 | 1135 | 0.8221 | |
| 41 | Western Michigan University | 20500 | 31200 | 0.3426 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 42 | Lebanon Valley College | 20700 | 71600 | 0.7111 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 43 | Union College | 21100 | 90400 | 0.7669 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4374 | |
| 44 | Augsburg University | 21200 | 56400 | 0.6241 | 2,527 | 1065 | 0.8198 | |
| 44 | Southern Oregon University | 21200 | 32600 | 0.35 | 4,964 | 1125 | 0.9007 | |
| 46 | Saint Peter's University | 21300 | 66300 | 0.6785 | 2,101 | 1070 | 0.9053 | |
| 47 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 21800 | 24900 | 0.1245 | 5,823 | 1150 | 0.8619 | |
| 48 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 22000 | 34400 | 0.3604 | 14,783 | 1140 | 0.8096 | |
| 48 | Canisius University | 22000 | 53200 | 0.5861 | 1,724 | 1129 | 0.7224 | |
| 50 | Lancaster Bible College Capital Seminary & Graduate School | 22300 | 54400 | 0.5902 | 1,778 | 1115 | 0.9519 | |
| 51 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6188 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 52 | Florida State University | 22600 | 25000 | 0.0962 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 53 | Colorado Christian University | 22700 | 63300 | 0.6412 | 6,730 | 1110 | 0.8328 | |
| 54 | Alma College | 22800 | 70500 | 0.677 | 1,159 | 1085 | 0.57 | |
| 55 | Henderson State University | 22900 | 35900 | 0.3625 | 1,493 | 990 | 0.8192 | |
| 55 | Manchester University | 22900 | 54200 | 0.5763 | 915 | 1044 | 0.913 | |
| 55 | Washington State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3783 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 58 | Murray State University | 23000 | 27600 | 0.166 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 59 | Carlow University | 23100 | 58100 | 0.6029 | 1,355 | 1080 | 0.8696 | |
| 60 | University of Charleston | 23600 | 56300 | 0.5812 | 2,087 | 1075 | 0.6458 | |
| 61 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 23800 | 24500 | 0.0285 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 61 | Oral Roberts University | 23800 | 55600 | 0.5718 | 5,017 | 1139 | 0.989 | |
| 63 | Muskingum University | 23900 | 49600 | 0.5178 | 1,524 | 1020 | 0.8184 | |
| 64 | University of Rochester | 24100 | 93100 | 0.7414 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 65 | North Central College | 24300 | 62500 | 0.6112 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 66 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 24400 | 34400 | 0.292 | 4,174 | 1164 | 0.8298 | |
| 67 | Calvin University | 24600 | 53000 | 0.536 | 3,356 | 1214 | 0.7091 | |
| 67 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 24600 | 26600 | 0.0779 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
| 69 | Northern Michigan University | 24700 | 32900 | 0.2495 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 69 | University of Saint Mary | 24700 | 53700 | 0.5397 | 1,027 | 1045 | 0.8663 | |
| 71 | Visible Music College | 24800 | 42900 | 0.4219 | 168 | 0 | 0.2868 | |
| 72 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 25000 | 36600 | 0.3173 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 73 | Dordt University | 25200 | 52300 | 0.518 | 1,695 | 1195 | 0.7116 | |
| 73 | West Texas A & M University | 25200 | 27100 | 0.07 | 6,930 | 1060 | 0.5863 | |
| 75 | Ball State University | 25400 | 25900 | 0.0193 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 76 | Eastern Mennonite University | 25800 | 62000 | 0.5839 | 791 | 1269 | 1 | |
| 76 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 78 | Northwood University | 25900 | 54500 | 0.5252 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 79 | Corban University | 26100 | 57300 | 0.5443 | 785 | 1124 | 0.8974 | |
| 79 | North Central University | 26100 | 43800 | 0.4039 | 865 | 1075 | 0.9082 | |
| 81 | Evangel University | 26300 | 39900 | 0.341 | 1,843 | 1183 | 0.7161 | |
| 81 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 26300 | 48900 | 0.4619 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 81 | Point Park University | 26300 | 56800 | 0.5374 | 2,337 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
| 81 | University of the Incarnate Word | 26300 | 59900 | 0.5613 | 4,638 | 1035 | 0.9813 | |
| 85 | Georgia Southern University | 26500 | 26700 | 0.0075 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 85 | University of Mount Union | 26500 | 50900 | 0.4791 | 1,927 | 1105 | 0.8013 | |
| 87 | Marywood University | 26600 | 55500 | 0.521 | 1,834 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 88 | Saint Edward's University | 26700 | 71900 | 0.6283 | 2,731 | 1135 | 0.8369 | |
| 89 | St. Francis College | 26800 | 39400 | 0.3202 | 1,934 | 1035 | 0.8153 | |
| 90 | Southwestern College | 26900 | 69700 | 0.6143 | 938 | 1005 | 0.7443 | |
| 90 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 26900 | 83600 | 0.6785 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 92 | Kennesaw State University | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 92 | University of North Georgia | 27000 | 35500 | 0.2393 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 92 | Webster University | 27000 | 54300 | 0.5024 | 2,091 | 1105 | 0.9594 | |
| 95 | Capital University | 27200 | 68600 | 0.6036 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 96 | McPherson College | 27300 | 47600 | 0.4268 | 876 | 1065 | 0.7676 | |
| 97 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 27400 | 40900 | 0.3303 | 3,469 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 98 | Central Washington University | 27600 | 27800 | 0.0072 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 98 | Park University | 27600 | 30800 | 0.104 | 6,238 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 98 | University of Valley Forge | 27600 | 50000 | 0.4477 | 517 | 1059 | 0.612 | |
| 98 | Wilmington College | 27600 | 48200 | 0.4268 | 924 | 1070 | 0.846 | |
| 102 | Florida Atlantic University | 28100 | 39200 | 0.2834 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 103 | Drury University | 28200 | 52900 | 0.4668 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 103 | Grand Valley State University | 28200 | 35700 | 0.2101 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 105 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28300 | 41800 | 0.3221 | 1,817 | 1080 | 0.8078 | |
| 106 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.5914 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 106 | Western Connecticut State University | 28600 | 35800 | 0.2013 | 3,542 | 1130 | 0.8136 | |
| 108 | Cornerstone University | 29200 | 40800 | 0.2838 | 1,444 | 1124 | 0.7316 | |
| 109 | Messiah University | 29300 | 54100 | 0.4586 | 2,618 | 1241 | 0.7897 | |
| 110 | University of Toledo | 29500 | 32600 | 0.0943 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 111 | University of Connecticut | 29600 | 33200 | 0.1086 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 112 | William Peace University | 29700 | 50200 | 0.4088 | 722 | 1170 | 0.9425 | |
| 113 | Hilbert College | 29800 | 54600 | 0.4546 | 939 | 1103 | 0.98 | |
| 113 | Montclair State University | 29800 | 36300 | 0.1792 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 115 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 29900 | 31100 | 0.0385 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 116 | Cedar Crest College | 30000 | 66000 | 0.5451 | 886 | 1095 | 0.9913 | |
| 116 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 118 | Belmont University | 30300 | 67800 | 0.5529 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 118 | Mississippi College | 30300 | 45400 | 0.3324 | 2,724 | 1110 | 0.4928 | |
| 120 | Gannon University | 30400 | 45300 | 0.329 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
| 121 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30500 | 78100 | 0.6096 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 122 | Albright College | 30600 | 48700 | 0.3717 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 122 | Columbia College Chicago | 30600 | 60600 | 0.4954 | 5,422 | 0 | 0.7549 | |
| 124 | St Bonaventure University | 30800 | 61000 | 0.4948 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 125 | Azusa Pacific University | 30900 | 66000 | 0.532 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 126 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 31100 | 33200 | 0.0625 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 127 | Manhattanville University | 31200 | 68500 | 0.5442 | 1,466 | 1145 | 0.8734 | |
| 128 | Florida Southern College | 31300 | 63200 | 0.5044 | 2,626 | 1219 | 0.5909 | |
| 129 | Columbia International University | 31700 | 44800 | 0.2919 | 721 | 1079 | 0.9461 | |
| 130 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 32100 | 44800 | 0.2835 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 131 | Spring Arbor University | 32600 | 51100 | 0.3633 | 1,091 | 1120 | 0.3733 | |
| 132 | Southeastern University | 32700 | 60500 | 0.4592 | 10,351 | 1130 | 0.6165 | |
| 133 | Drake University | 32800 | 68500 | 0.521 | 2,585 | 1283 | 0.6385 | |
| 133 | Liberty University | 32800 | 43900 | 0.2528 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 135 | Harding University | 32900 | 47000 | 0.2995 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 136 | Mount Saint Mary College | 33200 | 68400 | 0.5147 | 2,141 | 1090 | 0.8888 | |
| 137 | Wilkes University | 33400 | 61900 | 0.4597 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 138 | University of Saint Joseph | 33500 | 68000 | 0.5077 | 879 | 1174 | 0.7964 | |
| 139 | Ithaca College | 33600 | 72500 | 0.5365 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 140 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 54600 | 0.383 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 141 | Valparaiso University | 34000 | 62700 | 0.4572 | 2,123 | 1247 | 0.8934 | |
| 142 | St. John Fisher University | 34400 | 63700 | 0.4601 | 2,583 | 1210 | 0.664 | |
| 143 | Gwynedd Mercy University | 34600 | 62700 | 0.4471 | 1,301 | 1115 | 0.8963 | |
| 144 | North Greenville University | 34700 | 44800 | 0.2248 | 2,020 | 1164 | 0.6667 | |
| 145 | Barry University | 34900 | 54600 | 0.3607 | 3,232 | 1015 | 0.7721 | |
| 145 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 34900 | 35100 | 0.0057 | 6,197 | 1260 | 0.6161 | |
| 145 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 34900 | 48400 | 0.2791 | 20,609 | 990 | 0.999 | |
| 148 | Cedarville University | 35100 | 55100 | 0.364 | 4,916 | 1247 | 0.6488 | |
| 148 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 35100 | 49600 | 0.2921 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 150 | Adelphi University | 35300 | 63300 | 0.4433 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 150 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,106 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
| 152 | Abilene Christian University | 35700 | 60700 | 0.4115 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 153 | University of Maine | 36100 | 45100 | 0.1996 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 154 | Lawrence Technological University | 36200 | 67800 | 0.4659 | 2,579 | 1159 | 0.7403 | |
| 155 | Florida International University | 36300 | 36800 | 0.0136 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 155 | State University of New York at Cortland | 36300 | 39900 | 0.0903 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 157 | Andrews University | 36400 | 47100 | 0.227 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 157 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 36400 | 53300 | 0.317 | 1,044 | 1095 | 0.7209 | |
| 159 | Towson University | 36500 | 45700 | 0.2013 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 159 | University of the Pacific | 36500 | 72100 | 0.4939 | 3,249 | 1298 | 0.7132 | |
| 159 | Warner Pacific University | 36500 | 41600 | 0.1221 | 350 | 945 | 0.5855 | |
| 162 | Long Island University | 37200 | 59600 | 0.376 | 11,753 | 1222 | 0.8977 | |
| 163 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 37700 | 51000 | 0.2603 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 164 | Seattle University | 37800 | 69800 | 0.4582 | 4,103 | 1256 | 0.7703 | |
| 165 | Xavier University | 38400 | 67500 | 0.4312 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
| 166 | Reinhardt University | 38900 | 49300 | 0.2096 | 1,082 | 1070 | 0.6017 | |
| 167 | New York Institute of Technology | 39100 | 78600 | 0.5023 | 3,355 | 1235 | 0.7808 | |
| 168 | Arcadia University | 39500 | 71600 | 0.4483 | 2,030 | 1185 | 0.8022 | |
| 169 | SUNY at Purchase College | 39600 | 41300 | 0.0411 | 3,283 | 1294 | 0.7405 | |
| 170 | Pace University | 39700 | 74100 | 0.464 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 171 | Alvernia University | 40000 | 68700 | 0.4179 | 2,050 | 1060 | 0.6232 | |
| 171 | Loyola University Chicago | 40000 | 67600 | 0.4085 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 173 | Endicott College | 40700 | 63200 | 0.3559 | 3,176 | 1255 | 0.7229 | |
| 174 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 41300 | 41300 | 0 | 3,244 | 1224 | 0.9683 | |
| 175 | Campbell University | 41700 | 65100 | 0.3591 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 176 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 42600 | 55100 | 0.227 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 177 | Georgian Court University | 43100 | 58000 | 0.257 | 1,478 | 1169 | 0.7052 | |
| 178 | Butler University | 43300 | 64500 | 0.3286 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 179 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2742 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 179 | University of the Arts | 44900 | 88300 | 0.4913 | 1,072 | 1050 | 0.782 | |
| 181 | High Point University | 45800 | 70500 | 0.3504 | 5,006 | 1209 | 0.7683 | |
| 181 | Middle Tennessee State University | 45800 | 45800 | 0 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 183 | William Jessup University | 46300 | 53100 | 0.128 | 1,056 | 1178 | 0.7682 | |
| 184 | Massachusetts College of Art and Design | 47300 | 69000 | 0.3146 | 1,871 | 1085 | 0.7627 | |
| 185 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 48400 | 85700 | 0.435 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 186 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 48700 | 64400 | 0.2439 | 14,657 | 1180 | 0.8368 | |
| 187 | MidAmerica Nazarene University | 50200 | 60300 | 0.167 | 1,204 | 1040 | 0.788 | |
| 188 | Drexel University | 51200 | 82600 | 0.38 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 189 | Lynn University | 51600 | 64200 | 0.1963 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 190 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 51700 | 51700 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 191 | Minneapolis College of Art and Design | 53900 | 66000 | 0.1834 | 714 | 1271 | 0.4836 | |
| 192 | Fordham University | 56000 | 94600 | 0.4082 | 10,307 | 1415 | 0.5628 | |
| 193 | Miami University-Oxford | 56100 | 56100 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 194 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 59000 | 61100 | 0.034 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 195 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,324 | 1196 | 0.7729 | |
| 196 | The New School | 65400 | 104000 | 0.3711 | 1,449 | 1268 | 0.8333 | |
| 197 | Elon University | 66000 | 67300 | 0.0193 | 6,452 | 1244 | 0.6635 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.