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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 | Washington University in St Louis | 9200 | 96200 | 0.904 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 2 | Wichita State University | 11600 | 29800 | 0.6109 | 14,280 | 1094 | 0.7211 | |
| 3 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11700 | 27800 | 0.579 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 4 | Eastern Washington University | 11800 | 28600 | 0.5884 | 6,951 | 1055 | 0.9437 | |
| 5 | University of Richmond | 12100 | 87400 | 0.862 | 3,055 | 1484 | 0.222 | |
| 6 | Northern Illinois University | 12300 | 29000 | 0.5744 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 7 | Indiana State University | 13600 | 25900 | 0.4757 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 8 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 13800 | 19600 | 0.2958 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 9 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 14200 | 22900 | 0.381 | 6,270 | 1140 | 0.8726 | |
| 10 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14300 | 25600 | 0.4406 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 10 | University of Idaho | 14300 | 26400 | 0.458 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 12 | Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville | 14500 | 41100 | 0.6478 | 8,975 | 1045 | 0.9721 | |
| 13 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 13 | Trinity University | 14600 | 64800 | 0.7748 | 2,518 | 1402 | 0.2592 | |
| 15 | University of Michigan-Flint | 14900 | 36600 | 0.5928 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 16 | Florida International University | 15100 | 23700 | 0.3621 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 17 | Central Michigan University | 15200 | 40600 | 0.6257 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 18 | Dickinson State University | 15400 | 21600 | 0.2876 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 18 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15400 | 28100 | 0.452 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 18 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 15400 | 19300 | 0.2021 | 10,090 | 1075 | 0.9368 | |
| 21 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 15700 | 23400 | 0.3295 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 22 | Grand Valley State University | 16000 | 25300 | 0.368 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 23 | Oakland University | 16100 | 28000 | 0.4256 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 23 | University of Arizona | 16100 | 30900 | 0.4797 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 25 | Auburn University at Montgomery | 16500 | 25100 | 0.3424 | 3,326 | 1085 | 0.9157 | |
| 26 | Ferris State University | 16800 | 31000 | 0.4588 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 27 | Avila University | 16900 | 67600 | 0.7506 | 1,335 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 28 | Winona State University | 17100 | 23000 | 0.2585 | 5,277 | 1115 | 0.6848 | |
| 29 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 17800 | 28800 | 0.3822 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 30 | Trinity Washington University | 18000 | 44200 | 0.5934 | 1,604 | 0 | 0.9919 | |
| 31 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 18200 | 29800 | 0.3899 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 32 | Illinois College | 18900 | 52300 | 0.6391 | 940 | 1054 | 0.7819 | |
| 33 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 19000 | 27000 | 0.2967 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 34 | Youngstown State University | 19300 | 29300 | 0.3409 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 35 | Lindenwood University | 19500 | 35800 | 0.4557 | 4,663 | 1170 | 0.5684 | |
| 36 | Culver-Stockton College | 19700 | 46600 | 0.5769 | 861 | 0 | 0.6518 | |
| 37 | University of Northern Iowa | 19800 | 24000 | 0.1751 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 37 | University of Southern Mississippi | 19800 | 26300 | 0.2468 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 39 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20100 | 36200 | 0.445 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 40 | Rhode Island College | 20200 | 27900 | 0.276 | 5,157 | 995 | 0.9182 | |
| 40 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 20200 | 36700 | 0.4491 | 14,576 | 1179 | 0.6967 | |
| 42 | Grove City College | 20400 | 39700 | 0.4868 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
| 43 | Western Michigan University | 20600 | 31200 | 0.3394 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 44 | Mount Vernon Nazarene University | 20700 | 55800 | 0.6295 | 1,631 | 1142 | 0.843 | |
| 44 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20700 | 57800 | 0.6418 | 1,083 | 1205 | 0.9278 | |
| 46 | Western Illinois University | 20800 | 31000 | 0.3308 | 5,025 | 990 | 0.7496 | |
| 47 | University of Miami | 21100 | 70800 | 0.7023 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 48 | Brenau University | 21200 | 50900 | 0.5837 | 1,273 | 1105 | 0.8778 | |
| 48 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21200 | 29400 | 0.279 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 48 | University of St Francis | 21200 | 56000 | 0.6211 | 1,338 | 1030 | 0.653 | |
| 51 | Saint Peter's University | 21300 | 66300 | 0.6785 | 2,101 | 1070 | 0.9053 | |
| 52 | University of Dubuque | 21400 | 61100 | 0.6502 | 1,417 | 1074 | 0.8863 | |
| 53 | Trinity Christian College | 21900 | 40500 | 0.4593 | 827 | 1065 | 0.8865 | |
| 54 | Grand View University | 22100 | 52500 | 0.5778 | 1,483 | 1035 | 0.9843 | |
| 55 | Stetson University | 22200 | 79100 | 0.7197 | 2,349 | 1114 | 0.716 | |
| 55 | Upper Iowa University | 22200 | 41700 | 0.4666 | 2,504 | 1045 | 0.9338 | |
| 57 | Bloomfield College | 22400 | 49900 | 0.5509 | 904 | 860 | 0.6723 | |
| 57 | Concordia University-Chicago | 22400 | 46400 | 0.5168 | 1,327 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 59 | Lewis University | 22600 | 57000 | 0.6037 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 59 | Saint Norbert College | 22600 | 62300 | 0.6373 | 1,970 | 1193 | 0.8574 | |
| 61 | Colorado Christian University | 22700 | 63300 | 0.6412 | 6,730 | 1110 | 0.8328 | |
| 61 | University of Illinois Chicago | 22700 | 30300 | 0.2506 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 61 | Ursuline College | 22700 | 59000 | 0.6157 | 637 | 1085 | 0.8401 | |
| 64 | Carlow University | 23100 | 58100 | 0.6029 | 1,355 | 1080 | 0.8696 | |
| 65 | Saint Ambrose University | 23200 | 54500 | 0.5744 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 66 | Saint Leo University | 23400 | 50000 | 0.5318 | 7,603 | 1085 | 0.721 | |
| 67 | Daemen University | 23500 | 54400 | 0.5684 | 1,656 | 1209 | 0.7375 | |
| 68 | Georgia Southwestern State University | 23800 | 33200 | 0.2835 | 2,760 | 1055 | 0.7716 | |
| 68 | University of South Dakota | 23800 | 26000 | 0.0848 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 70 | Meredith College | 24200 | 65900 | 0.6327 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 71 | North Central College | 24300 | 62500 | 0.6112 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 72 | Maryville College | 24400 | 58400 | 0.5819 | 1,136 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 73 | Calvin University | 24600 | 53000 | 0.536 | 3,356 | 1214 | 0.7091 | |
| 73 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 24600 | 32900 | 0.2523 | 2,634 | 1030 | 0.8841 | |
| 75 | Roberts Wesleyan University | 24700 | 60000 | 0.5885 | 1,045 | 1166 | 0.7058 | |
| 75 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 24700 | 28500 | 0.1335 | 12,382 | 1242 | 0.8842 | |
| 77 | Northern Michigan University | 24800 | 32900 | 0.2465 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 77 | Tennessee Wesleyan University | 24800 | 44200 | 0.4388 | 857 | 1075 | 0.5941 | |
| 77 | Tiffin University | 24800 | 48000 | 0.4838 | 2,666 | 990 | 0.7977 | |
| 80 | Temple University | 24900 | 36300 | 0.3143 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 80 | University of North Dakota | 24900 | 27700 | 0.0978 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 82 | Bellevue University | 25200 | 25700 | 0.0194 | 11,096 | 0 | 0.995 | |
| 82 | Houghton University | 25200 | 35500 | 0.29 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 84 | Ball State University | 25400 | 25900 | 0.0193 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 85 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 85 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 25800 | 35600 | 0.2757 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
| 87 | Iowa State University | 26100 | 42800 | 0.3894 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 88 | Point Park University | 26200 | 56800 | 0.5391 | 2,337 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
| 89 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 26300 | 48900 | 0.4619 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 89 | University of the Incarnate Word | 26300 | 59900 | 0.5613 | 4,638 | 1035 | 0.9813 | |
| 91 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4748 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 91 | Texas Woman's University | 26400 | 41300 | 0.3608 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.9613 | |
| 91 | University of Mount Union | 26400 | 50900 | 0.4805 | 1,927 | 1105 | 0.8013 | |
| 94 | Lamar University | 26700 | 37700 | 0.2915 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 95 | Columbia College | 26900 | 41300 | 0.349 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 96 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27000 | 30400 | 0.1135 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 97 | Emporia State University | 27200 | 37700 | 0.2783 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 98 | Park University | 27500 | 30800 | 0.1072 | 6,238 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 99 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 27600 | 36700 | 0.2476 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 100 | John Carroll University | 27700 | 72100 | 0.6159 | 2,339 | 1292 | 0.809 | |
| 100 | Weber State University | 27700 | 33300 | 0.1682 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 102 | Thomas College | 28000 | 55800 | 0.4989 | 1,581 | 905 | 0.9707 | |
| 103 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28100 | 45700 | 0.3852 | 3,361 | 1160 | 0.7887 | |
| 104 | Lourdes University | 28200 | 40900 | 0.3116 | 827 | 1035 | 0.741 | |
| 105 | Roosevelt University | 28500 | 47600 | 0.401 | 2,605 | 1015 | 0.9427 | |
| 106 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 31500 | 0.0921 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 107 | Chestnut Hill College | 28700 | 74900 | 0.6169 | 972 | 995 | 0.7913 | |
| 108 | Regis University | 28800 | 67200 | 0.5711 | 2,704 | 1199 | 0.8639 | |
| 109 | Faulkner University | 29200 | 39600 | 0.2629 | 1,793 | 1040 | 0.6613 | |
| 110 | Salem State University | 29400 | 38900 | 0.244 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 110 | Westminster College | 29400 | 57500 | 0.4884 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 112 | William Penn University | 29500 | 48000 | 0.3853 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 113 | Le Moyne College | 29900 | 53700 | 0.4433 | 2,563 | 1240 | 0.7529 | |
| 114 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 115 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30600 | 54600 | 0.4397 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 116 | DeSales University | 30700 | 74500 | 0.5878 | 2,172 | 1175 | 0.7709 | |
| 117 | University of Toledo | 30800 | 42000 | 0.267 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 118 | Fisher College | 30900 | 62300 | 0.5042 | 1,384 | 961 | 0.7075 | |
| 119 | Portland State University | 31300 | 43000 | 0.2722 | 15,960 | 1176 | 0.9091 | |
| 120 | State University of New York at Oswego | 31400 | 38300 | 0.1799 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 121 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31500 | 67700 | 0.5346 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 122 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31800 | 50000 | 0.3637 | 898 | 1044 | 0.7614 | |
| 123 | McKendree University | 31900 | 52200 | 0.3882 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 124 | Sam Houston State University | 32100 | 39900 | 0.1955 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 125 | Central Baptist College | 32200 | 35900 | 0.1032 | 550 | 1090 | 0.4636 | |
| 126 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 34700 | 0.0691 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 127 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5881 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.812 | |
| 128 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 129 | Adrian College | 33600 | 70200 | 0.5215 | 1,678 | 1060 | 0.6843 | |
| 130 | Stephen F Austin State University | 33700 | 42800 | 0.2126 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 131 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.2932 | 2,914 | 1070 | 0.7609 | |
| 132 | St. John Fisher University | 34400 | 63700 | 0.4601 | 2,583 | 1210 | 0.664 | |
| 133 | Baylor University | 34600 | 70800 | 0.511 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 134 | Goldey-Beacom College | 35100 | 38100 | 0.0802 | 702 | 0 | 0.7653 | |
| 135 | Mount Mercy University | 35400 | 61200 | 0.421 | 1,185 | 1075 | 0.7876 | |
| 136 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35700 | 47300 | 0.2452 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 137 | Seton Hill University | 35800 | 63800 | 0.4386 | 1,597 | 1150 | 0.7579 | |
| 138 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 36200 | 53300 | 0.3207 | 1,044 | 1095 | 0.7209 | |
| 138 | Ottawa University-Surprise | 36200 | 56500 | 0.3594 | 768 | 980 | 0.3988 | |
| 140 | Davenport University | 36400 | 44400 | 0.1802 | 4,991 | 0 | 0.9827 | |
| 140 | Mercer University | 36400 | 60500 | 0.3984 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 142 | Immaculata University | 37100 | 47800 | 0.2236 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 143 | Loyola University Chicago | 37500 | 67600 | 0.4455 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 144 | University of Central Oklahoma | 37600 | 38500 | 0.0234 | 10,454 | 1095 | 0.8176 | |
| 145 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 37700 | 51000 | 0.2609 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 146 | Xavier University | 38400 | 67500 | 0.4312 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
| 147 | University of Wyoming | 38600 | 43800 | 0.1187 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 148 | Montreat College | 38800 | 55000 | 0.2948 | 759 | 1055 | 0.6555 | |
| 148 | Reinhardt University | 38800 | 49300 | 0.2122 | 1,082 | 1070 | 0.6017 | |
| 150 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1070 | 0.8814 | |
| 151 | Pace University | 39700 | 74100 | 0.464 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 152 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 40300 | 56700 | 0.2893 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 153 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40400 | 66000 | 0.387 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 154 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 154 | Western New England University | 40500 | 67000 | 0.3957 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 156 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41300 | 53900 | 0.2337 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 156 | Marquette University | 41300 | 75100 | 0.4502 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 158 | Oglethorpe University | 41900 | 68600 | 0.3895 | 1,361 | 1216 | 0.886 | |
| 159 | Quinnipiac University | 42200 | 79200 | 0.4671 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
| 160 | Saint Joseph's University | 42300 | 74500 | 0.4321 | 4,828 | 1234 | 0.8639 | |
| 161 | Bryant University | 42400 | 73800 | 0.4255 | 3,200 | 1265 | 0.6546 | |
| 162 | Mercyhurst University | 42500 | 66400 | 0.3601 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 162 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42500 | 52100 | 0.1843 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 164 | Central Christian College of Kansas | 43000 | 45200 | 0.0488 | 437 | 1020 | 0.957 | |
| 165 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4481 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 166 | Alvernia University | 44900 | 68700 | 0.3465 | 2,050 | 1060 | 0.6232 | |
| 167 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 53200 | 0.1127 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 168 | University of Mount Olive | 48200 | 50400 | 0.0438 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
| 169 | Menlo College | 48600 | 86800 | 0.4404 | 831 | 1045 | 0.6781 | |
| 170 | MidAmerica Nazarene University | 50100 | 60300 | 0.1692 | 1,204 | 1040 | 0.788 | |
| 170 | University of St Thomas | 50100 | 70300 | 0.2875 | 6,044 | 1270 | 0.9125 | |
| 172 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 173 | Miami University-Oxford | 56100 | 56100 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 174 | Elon University | 65900 | 67300 | 0.0208 | 6,452 | 1244 | 0.6635 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.