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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 | North Carolina Central University | 7000 | 27000 | 0.7416 | 6,595 | 971 | 0.8697 | |
| 2 | Arkansas Tech University | 9900 | 22900 | 0.5671 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 3 | Boston University | 10300 | 88800 | 0.8844 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 4 | Northern Arizona University | 10900 | 25400 | 0.5699 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 5 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12200 | 29900 | 0.5919 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 6 | University of Central Florida | 12400 | 23600 | 0.4746 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 6 | University of the Virgin Islands | 12400 | 23900 | 0.4819 | 1,569 | 925 | 0.9898 | |
| 6 | University of West Florida | 12400 | 21500 | 0.4227 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 9 | Northern Illinois University | 12500 | 29000 | 0.5679 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 10 | Eastern Illinois University | 12800 | 24500 | 0.4773 | 6,785 | 1020 | 0.6535 | |
| 11 | Cheyney University of Pennsylvania | 13000 | 30400 | 0.5729 | 724 | 965 | 0.7913 | |
| 12 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13200 | 25700 | 0.4863 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 13 | Fort Hays State University | 13300 | 22000 | 0.3956 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
| 14 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 13500 | 22500 | 0.4006 | 14,243 | 1125 | 0.7675 | |
| 15 | University of North Alabama | 13600 | 28200 | 0.518 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 15 | University of South Florida | 13600 | 17100 | 0.2045 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 17 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13700 | 19400 | 0.2939 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 18 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 14100 | 25000 | 0.4355 | 3,018 | 920 | 0.9386 | |
| 19 | Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville | 14400 | 41100 | 0.6502 | 8,975 | 1045 | 0.9721 | |
| 20 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14500 | 26500 | 0.454 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 21 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 14600 | 31600 | 0.5375 | 7,290 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
| 22 | Central Michigan University | 15200 | 40600 | 0.6257 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 23 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15300 | 28100 | 0.4555 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 24 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 15500 | 32300 | 0.5208 | 2,836 | 1170 | 0.3787 | |
| 25 | Livingstone College | 15600 | 29900 | 0.4788 | 799 | 855 | 0.7409 | |
| 26 | Southeast Missouri State University | 16500 | 30300 | 0.4537 | 7,926 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
| 26 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 16500 | 32100 | 0.4853 | 1,002 | 1115 | 0.8898 | |
| 26 | Western Carolina University | 16500 | 19600 | 0.1582 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 29 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 16600 | 31300 | 0.4702 | 4,894 | 1090 | 0.8596 | |
| 30 | Ferris State University | 16900 | 31000 | 0.4555 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 30 | University of Southern Mississippi | 16900 | 23100 | 0.2682 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 32 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17200 | 26300 | 0.3464 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 32 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 17200 | 24300 | 0.2923 | 2,067 | 1025 | 0.6918 | |
| 34 | Central Connecticut State University | 17600 | 34000 | 0.4821 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 35 | Husson University | 17800 | 48100 | 0.6293 | 2,762 | 1115 | 0.8095 | |
| 35 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 17800 | 28800 | 0.3822 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 35 | University of South Alabama | 17800 | 22400 | 0.2057 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 35 | Virginia State University | 17800 | 29300 | 0.3931 | 4,829 | 935 | 0.891 | |
| 39 | California State University-East Bay | 17900 | 29700 | 0.3978 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 40 | Colorado Mesa University | 18100 | 24800 | 0.2676 | 9,473 | 1050 | 0.9829 | |
| 41 | University of New Orleans | 18300 | 29500 | 0.3797 | 5,476 | 1125 | 0.6677 | |
| 42 | Framingham State University | 18600 | 31000 | 0.4001 | 2,817 | 1125 | 0.8491 | |
| 43 | Eastern Michigan University | 18700 | 36100 | 0.482 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 44 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 31400 | 0.3944 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 45 | University of Mississippi | 19100 | 45500 | 0.5807 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 46 | Youngstown State University | 19300 | 29300 | 0.3409 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 47 | New York University | 20200 | 91800 | 0.7797 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 47 | Piedmont University | 20200 | 47200 | 0.572 | 1,159 | 1130 | 0.9328 | |
| 47 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 20200 | 28600 | 0.2942 | 2,634 | 1030 | 0.8841 | |
| 50 | West Virginia University | 20700 | 28800 | 0.2815 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 51 | Saint Peter's University | 21300 | 66300 | 0.6785 | 2,101 | 1070 | 0.9053 | |
| 52 | Madonna University | 21900 | 50400 | 0.5655 | 1,839 | 1005 | 0.9293 | |
| 53 | Bradley University | 22200 | 48300 | 0.5396 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 53 | Cleary University | 22200 | 47200 | 0.53 | 811 | 1060 | 0.5097 | |
| 55 | South Dakota State University | 22300 | 25200 | 0.1144 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 56 | Ball State University | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 57 | Columbia College | 22600 | 36800 | 0.3864 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 58 | Florida State University | 22800 | 25000 | 0.0881 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 58 | Robert Morris University | 22800 | 56300 | 0.5949 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 60 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 22900 | 22900 | 0 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 61 | Saint Leo University | 23400 | 50000 | 0.5318 | 7,603 | 1085 | 0.721 | |
| 61 | The University of Alabama | 23400 | 29900 | 0.2177 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 63 | Keystone College | 23900 | 42900 | 0.4426 | 894 | 1035 | 0.848 | |
| 64 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 24000 | 26400 | 0.0902 | 9,965 | 1095 | 0.5958 | |
| 65 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 24100 | 39200 | 0.3853 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 65 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 37100 | 0.3508 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 67 | Meredith College | 24200 | 77200 | 0.6862 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 68 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 24300 | 76300 | 0.6818 | 7,703 | 1105 | 0.9556 | |
| 68 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 24300 | 37400 | 0.3499 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 70 | Saint Cloud State University | 24500 | 35100 | 0.303 | 8,013 | 1094 | 0.9495 | |
| 71 | Northern Michigan University | 24700 | 32900 | 0.2495 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 71 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 24700 | 42300 | 0.4158 | 1,905 | 965 | 0.5754 | |
| 73 | Temple University | 24800 | 36300 | 0.3171 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 74 | Montana State University | 24900 | 31400 | 0.207 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 75 | Flagler College | 25100 | 37800 | 0.3362 | 2,409 | 785 | 0.8076 | |
| 75 | Iowa State University | 25100 | 41400 | 0.3947 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 77 | Bellevue University | 25200 | 25700 | 0.0194 | 11,096 | 0 | 0.995 | |
| 78 | Lakeland University | 25300 | 54600 | 0.5363 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 79 | California State University-Northridge | 25900 | 36600 | 0.2919 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.9219 | |
| 79 | Northwood University | 25900 | 54500 | 0.5252 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 81 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 26200 | 31800 | 0.1762 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 82 | Roosevelt University | 26300 | 43300 | 0.3927 | 2,605 | 1015 | 0.9427 | |
| 82 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 26300 | 39000 | 0.3255 | 2,233 | 930 | 0.9036 | |
| 84 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 26900 | 28800 | 0.0654 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 85 | Kennesaw State University | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 86 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27100 | 55200 | 0.5088 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 87 | Southern Utah University | 27400 | 35600 | 0.2301 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 87 | Troy University | 27400 | 32600 | 0.1594 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 89 | Central Washington University | 27600 | 27800 | 0.0072 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 89 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27600 | 41900 | 0.3412 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 89 | University of North Texas | 27600 | 37400 | 0.2622 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 92 | California State University-Long Beach | 28000 | 38400 | 0.2712 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 92 | York College of Pennsylvania | 28000 | 41400 | 0.3238 | 3,308 | 1135 | 0.942 | |
| 94 | Florida Atlantic University | 28100 | 39200 | 0.2834 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 94 | North Dakota State University | 28100 | 30400 | 0.0752 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 96 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28200 | 50700 | 0.4451 | 582 | 1010 | 0.9073 | |
| 97 | College of Coastal Georgia | 28400 | 43200 | 0.3422 | 3,468 | 985 | 0.9813 | |
| 97 | Mitchell College | 28400 | 65900 | 0.5687 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 99 | Lipscomb University | 28500 | 57600 | 0.5049 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 100 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2125 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 101 | Delaware State University | 29300 | 36700 | 0.2018 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 101 | Salem State University | 29300 | 38900 | 0.2465 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 103 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 29900 | 34000 | 0.1205 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 104 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 105 | San Jose State University | 30300 | 41000 | 0.2608 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 106 | Belmont University | 30400 | 67800 | 0.5512 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 106 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 30400 | 39500 | 0.2302 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 108 | Culinary Institute of America | 30700 | 69500 | 0.558 | 3,011 | 1050 | 0.981 | |
| 109 | Georgia State University | 30800 | 44400 | 0.306 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 110 | Lasell University | 30900 | 47000 | 0.3423 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
| 110 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30900 | 78100 | 0.6044 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 112 | University of Kentucky | 31000 | 36000 | 0.139 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 113 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 31100 | 63700 | 0.5114 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 113 | New Jersey City University | 31100 | 39800 | 0.2188 | 4,209 | 1015 | 0.8918 | |
| 113 | San Francisco State University | 31100 | 45200 | 0.3121 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 116 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31200 | 41100 | 0.2411 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 117 | Auburn University | 31300 | 34400 | 0.0902 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 118 | Siena Heights University | 31400 | 46300 | 0.3218 | 1,669 | 1000 | 0.6656 | |
| 119 | Baldwin Wallace University | 32100 | 47300 | 0.3213 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 119 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 32100 | 44800 | 0.2835 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 121 | Southern New Hampshire University | 32400 | 47600 | 0.3192 | 159,653 | 965 | 0.9612 | |
| 121 | Widener University | 32400 | 75300 | 0.5695 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 123 | Southeastern University | 32600 | 60500 | 0.4609 | 10,351 | 1130 | 0.6165 | |
| 124 | California Lutheran University | 32700 | 65800 | 0.5027 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 124 | Liberty University | 32700 | 43900 | 0.2551 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 126 | Wilkes University | 33400 | 61900 | 0.4597 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 127 | Appalachian State University | 33600 | 35800 | 0.0614 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 127 | Stockton University | 33600 | 44500 | 0.2451 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 129 | Stephen F Austin State University | 33700 | 42800 | 0.2126 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 130 | Charleston Southern University | 34600 | 48400 | 0.2866 | 2,914 | 1070 | 0.7609 | |
| 131 | DePaul University | 34900 | 56200 | 0.3791 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 132 | Southern Connecticut State University | 35400 | 52500 | 0.326 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 133 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 35600 | 64400 | 0.4475 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
| 134 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 35700 | 43500 | 0.1794 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 135 | Florida International University | 36200 | 36800 | 0.0163 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 135 | Western Kentucky University | 36200 | 41900 | 0.1361 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 137 | Ashland University | 36400 | 52700 | 0.3091 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 137 | University of Denver | 36400 | 76800 | 0.5259 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 139 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 36600 | 53300 | 0.3132 | 1,044 | 1095 | 0.7209 | |
| 140 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 141 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37400 | 62000 | 0.3968 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 142 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 37900 | 53900 | 0.2968 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 143 | Washington State University | 38800 | 53900 | 0.2799 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 144 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 39300 | 52900 | 0.2569 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 145 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1070 | 0.8814 | |
| 146 | San Diego State University | 40100 | 40500 | 0.0099 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 147 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 148 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 40300 | 40300 | 0 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 148 | University of Georgia | 40300 | 46000 | 0.1242 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 150 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40600 | 66000 | 0.3849 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 151 | Endicott College | 40800 | 63200 | 0.3544 | 3,176 | 1215 | 0.7229 | |
| 152 | Webber International University | 41000 | 44400 | 0.0763 | 879 | 965 | 0.7756 | |
| 153 | Campbell University | 41900 | 65100 | 0.3562 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 154 | St. John's University-New York | 42100 | 80100 | 0.4742 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 155 | Montclair State University | 42400 | 46600 | 0.0901 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 156 | Merrimack College | 43700 | 78800 | 0.4453 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 157 | Mercyhurst University | 43900 | 66400 | 0.339 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 158 | Middle Tennessee State University | 45800 | 45800 | 0 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 159 | James Madison University | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 160 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 160 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 53200 | 0.1127 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 162 | College of Charleston | 49900 | 59000 | 0.1543 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 163 | Drexel University | 51400 | 82600 | 0.3776 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 164 | Lynn University | 51800 | 64200 | 0.1932 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 165 | University of San Francisco | 53500 | 83200 | 0.3568 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 166 | Dallas Baptist University | 55900 | 56100 | 0.0036 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | 
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.