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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 |
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1 | Washington University in St Louis | 8600 | 96200 | 0.9105 | 8,219 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
2 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11100 | 27800 | 0.6016 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
3 | University of Richmond | 11200 | 87400 | 0.8723 | 3,053 | 1484 | 0.222 | |
4 | Eastern Washington University | 11800 | 28600 | 0.5884 | 6,942 | 1055 | 0.9437 | |
5 | Northern Illinois University | 11900 | 29000 | 0.5885 | 11,339 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
6 | Texas Woman's University | 13600 | 23200 | 0.4135 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.9613 | |
7 | Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville | 13700 | 41100 | 0.6673 | 8,975 | 1045 | 0.9721 | |
7 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 13700 | 19600 | 0.3009 | 10,630 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
9 | University of Idaho | 13900 | 26400 | 0.4731 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
10 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 14100 | 25700 | 0.4508 | 49,382 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
11 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14200 | 28100 | 0.4946 | 8,526 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
11 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 14200 | 27800 | 0.4903 | 6,270 | 1140 | 0.8726 | |
13 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 27900 | 0.476 | 5,164 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
13 | University of Michigan-Flint | 14600 | 36600 | 0.601 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
15 | Central Michigan University | 14800 | 40600 | 0.6356 | 10,208 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
16 | Florida International University | 15100 | 23700 | 0.3621 | 56,786 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
16 | Stephen F Austin State University | 15100 | 22600 | 0.3314 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
18 | Trinity University | 15600 | 64800 | 0.7594 | 2,518 | 1402 | 0.2592 | |
19 | Lamar University | 15700 | 22900 | 0.314 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
20 | Grand Valley State University | 16000 | 25300 | 0.368 | 18,962 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
20 | Oakland University | 16000 | 28000 | 0.4291 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
22 | Winona State University | 16100 | 23000 | 0.2994 | 5,266 | 1115 | 0.6848 | |
23 | Avila University | 16200 | 67600 | 0.7609 | 1,315 | 985 | 0.878 | |
24 | Emporia State University | 16400 | 27000 | 0.3928 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
25 | Ferris State University | 16600 | 31000 | 0.4652 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
26 | Dickinson State University | 16700 | 23700 | 0.2949 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
26 | Sam Houston State University | 16700 | 23000 | 0.2739 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
26 | University of Southern Mississippi | 16700 | 23100 | 0.2769 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
29 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 16900 | 26000 | 0.3503 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
30 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 17400 | 28800 | 0.3961 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
31 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 18200 | 29800 | 0.3899 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
32 | Illinois College | 18400 | 52300 | 0.6472 | 940 | 1054 | 0.7819 | |
33 | Youngstown State University | 19000 | 29300 | 0.3511 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
34 | Iowa State University | 19300 | 24200 | 0.2016 | 25,261 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
34 | Trinity Washington University | 19300 | 44200 | 0.564 | 1,604 | 0 | 0.9919 | |
34 | University of Wyoming | 19300 | 26700 | 0.2779 | 8,045 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
37 | Lindenwood University | 19400 | 35800 | 0.4584 | 4,663 | 1170 | 0.5684 | |
38 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 19600 | 36200 | 0.4595 | 40,978 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
39 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 20000 | 28600 | 0.3012 | 2,634 | 1030 | 0.8841 | |
39 | Western Michigan University | 20000 | 31200 | 0.3586 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
41 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20100 | 57800 | 0.6526 | 1,083 | 1205 | 0.9278 | |
41 | Western Illinois University | 20100 | 31000 | 0.3509 | 5,025 | 990 | 0.7496 | |
43 | University of Northern Iowa | 20200 | 24000 | 0.1595 | 7,715 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
44 | Mount Vernon Nazarene University | 20300 | 55800 | 0.6367 | 1,631 | 1142 | 0.843 | |
45 | Brenau University | 20500 | 50900 | 0.5974 | 1,273 | 1065 | 0.8778 | |
45 | Saint Peter's University | 20500 | 66300 | 0.6905 | 2,101 | 1070 | 0.9053 | |
45 | University of Central Oklahoma | 20500 | 22700 | 0.0969 | 10,454 | 1095 | 0.8176 | |
45 | University of St Francis | 20500 | 56000 | 0.6337 | 1,338 | 1030 | 0.653 | |
49 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 20700 | 23500 | 0.1193 | 10,089 | 1075 | 0.9368 | |
50 | Bloomfield College | 21100 | 49900 | 0.5769 | 904 | 860 | 0.6723 | |
51 | University of Dubuque | 21200 | 61100 | 0.6535 | 1,417 | 1074 | 0.8863 | |
52 | Trinity Christian College | 21500 | 40500 | 0.4694 | 827 | 1065 | 0.8865 | |
52 | University of Miami | 21500 | 70800 | 0.6967 | 13,221 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
52 | Upper Iowa University | 21500 | 41700 | 0.4832 | 2,504 | 1045 | 0.9338 | |
55 | Stetson University | 21600 | 79100 | 0.7273 | 2,288 | 1114 | 0.716 | |
56 | Saint Norbert College | 21900 | 62300 | 0.6486 | 1,920 | 1193 | 0.8574 | |
57 | Concordia University-Chicago | 22000 | 46400 | 0.5254 | 1,327 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
57 | Grand View University | 22000 | 52500 | 0.5815 | 1,483 | 1035 | 0.9843 | |
57 | Lewis University | 22000 | 57000 | 0.6142 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
60 | Colorado Christian University | 22200 | 63300 | 0.6491 | 6,730 | 1110 | 0.8328 | |
60 | Culver-Stockton College | 22200 | 46600 | 0.5233 | 861 | 0 | 0.6518 | |
62 | University of Illinois Chicago | 22400 | 30300 | 0.2605 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
63 | Daemen University | 22500 | 54400 | 0.5868 | 1,656 | 1209 | 0.7375 | |
64 | Ursuline College | 22600 | 59000 | 0.6174 | 637 | 1085 | 0.8401 | |
65 | Carlow University | 22700 | 58100 | 0.6098 | 1,355 | 1080 | 0.8696 | |
65 | Saint Ambrose University | 22700 | 54500 | 0.5836 | 1,937 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
67 | Grove City College | 22800 | 37200 | 0.3872 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
68 | Saint Leo University | 22900 | 50000 | 0.5418 | 7,603 | 1085 | 0.721 | |
69 | University of South Dakota | 23200 | 26000 | 0.1088 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
70 | Georgia Southwestern State University | 23400 | 33200 | 0.2956 | 2,760 | 1055 | 0.7716 | |
71 | Meredith College | 23600 | 77200 | 0.694 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
72 | North Central College | 23700 | 62500 | 0.6208 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
73 | Maryville College | 24000 | 58400 | 0.5892 | 1,119 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
74 | Tiffin University | 24100 | 48000 | 0.4984 | 2,666 | 990 | 0.7977 | |
75 | McKendree University | 24200 | 55600 | 0.5653 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
75 | Northern Michigan University | 24200 | 32900 | 0.2648 | 6,511 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
77 | Roberts Wesleyan University | 24300 | 60000 | 0.5952 | 1,043 | 1166 | 0.7058 | |
77 | University of North Dakota | 24300 | 27700 | 0.1204 | 11,023 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
79 | Calvin University | 24400 | 53000 | 0.5398 | 3,356 | 1214 | 0.7091 | |
80 | Tennessee Wesleyan University | 24500 | 44200 | 0.4456 | 857 | 1075 | 0.5941 | |
81 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 24900 | 34600 | 0.2798 | 42,178 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
82 | Geneva College | 25000 | 48900 | 0.4887 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
82 | Houghton University | 25000 | 35500 | 0.2956 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
84 | Bellevue University | 25200 | 25700 | 0.0194 | 11,096 | 0 | 0.995 | |
85 | Ball State University | 25400 | 25900 | 0.0193 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
86 | Thomas College | 25600 | 51300 | 0.5007 | 1,581 | 905 | 0.9707 | |
87 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 25700 | 48900 | 0.4741 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
87 | University of the Incarnate Word | 25700 | 59900 | 0.5713 | 4,638 | 1035 | 0.9813 | |
89 | Roosevelt University | 25900 | 43300 | 0.4025 | 2,605 | 1015 | 0.9427 | |
90 | Pennsylvania Western University | 26000 | 35600 | 0.27 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
90 | University of Arizona | 26000 | 35200 | 0.2612 | 43,817 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
92 | Point Park University | 26100 | 56800 | 0.5409 | 2,326 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
92 | University of Mount Union | 26100 | 50900 | 0.487 | 1,927 | 1105 | 0.8013 | |
94 | Indiana State University | 26200 | 30900 | 0.1523 | 6,118 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
95 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 26400 | 30400 | 0.134 | 8,362 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
96 | Columbia College | 26600 | 41300 | 0.3562 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
97 | Park University | 26900 | 30800 | 0.1267 | 6,238 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
98 | Weber State University | 27300 | 33300 | 0.1802 | 31,625 | 1075 | 1 | |
99 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 27600 | 27600 | 0 | 11,721 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
100 | William Penn University | 27700 | 46000 | 0.3982 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
101 | John Carroll University | 27800 | 72100 | 0.6145 | 2,339 | 1292 | 0.809 | |
102 | Chestnut Hill College | 27900 | 74900 | 0.6276 | 972 | 995 | 0.7913 | |
103 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28200 | 45700 | 0.383 | 3,361 | 1160 | 0.7887 | |
103 | Lourdes University | 28200 | 40900 | 0.3116 | 827 | 1035 | 0.741 | |
103 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28200 | 31500 | 0.1048 | 11,127 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
106 | Regis University | 28400 | 67200 | 0.577 | 2,701 | 1199 | 0.8639 | |
107 | Auburn University at Montgomery | 28600 | 33300 | 0.1411 | 3,326 | 1085 | 0.9157 | |
107 | Faulkner University | 28600 | 39600 | 0.2781 | 1,793 | 1040 | 0.6613 | |
107 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 28600 | 53300 | 0.4624 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
110 | University of Toledo | 28800 | 32600 | 0.1175 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
111 | Salem State University | 29000 | 38900 | 0.2542 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
111 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 29000 | 36500 | 0.2056 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
113 | Le Moyne College | 29100 | 53700 | 0.4582 | 2,563 | 1240 | 0.7529 | |
113 | Westminster College | 29100 | 57500 | 0.4936 | 1,092 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
115 | Fisher College | 29900 | 60900 | 0.5088 | 1,384 | 961 | 0.7075 | |
116 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
117 | DeSales University | 30100 | 74500 | 0.5959 | 2,166 | 1175 | 0.7709 | |
118 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 30500 | 39500 | 0.2276 | 14,576 | 1179 | 0.6967 | |
119 | Adrian College | 31000 | 67500 | 0.5412 | 1,678 | 1060 | 0.6843 | |
120 | Portland State University | 31100 | 43000 | 0.2774 | 15,675 | 1176 | 0.9091 | |
120 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31100 | 67700 | 0.5405 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
122 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31200 | 50000 | 0.3761 | 898 | 1044 | 0.7614 | |
123 | State University of New York at Oswego | 31300 | 38300 | 0.1825 | 5,515 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
124 | Central Baptist College | 31600 | 35900 | 0.1206 | 550 | 1090 | 0.4636 | |
125 | University of Scranton | 31900 | 76300 | 0.5822 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.812 | |
126 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
127 | Charleston Southern University | 33600 | 48400 | 0.3061 | 2,914 | 1070 | 0.7609 | |
128 | Davenport University | 34000 | 44400 | 0.2342 | 3,833 | 0 | 0 | |
129 | St. John Fisher University | 34100 | 63700 | 0.4648 | 2,583 | 1210 | 0.664 | |
130 | Goldey-Beacom College | 34400 | 38100 | 0.0966 | 702 | 0 | 0.7653 | |
130 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34400 | 34500 | 0.0029 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
132 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 34700 | 42200 | 0.1776 | 12,382 | 1242 | 0.8842 | |
133 | Baylor University | 34800 | 70800 | 0.5082 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
134 | Mount Mercy University | 35100 | 61200 | 0.4257 | 1,185 | 1075 | 0.7876 | |
135 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35200 | 47300 | 0.2557 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
136 | Seton Hill University | 35300 | 63800 | 0.4464 | 1,597 | 1150 | 0.7579 | |
136 | University of Mount Olive | 35300 | 35300 | 0 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
138 | Ottawa University-Surprise | 35500 | 56500 | 0.3718 | 768 | 980 | 0.3988 | |
139 | Rhode Island College | 36300 | 45800 | 0.2075 | 5,142 | 995 | 0.9182 | |
140 | Mercer University | 36400 | 60500 | 0.3984 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
141 | Immaculata University | 37000 | 47800 | 0.2257 | 1,628 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
142 | Wichita State University | 37100 | 39600 | 0.0631 | 14,280 | 1094 | 0.7211 | |
143 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 37300 | 51000 | 0.2692 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
144 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38000 | 52900 | 0.2815 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
145 | Montreat College | 38100 | 55000 | 0.3061 | 759 | 1055 | 0.6555 | |
146 | Reinhardt University | 38200 | 49300 | 0.2249 | 1,082 | 1070 | 0.6017 | |
147 | Alvernia University | 38300 | 68700 | 0.4426 | 2,050 | 1060 | 0.6232 | |
148 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 38400 | 53300 | 0.2795 | 1,044 | 1095 | 0.7209 | |
149 | Xavier University | 38500 | 67500 | 0.4297 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
150 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 39200 | 56700 | 0.3087 | 32,499 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
151 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1070 | 0.8814 | |
152 | Pace University | 39700 | 74100 | 0.464 | 8,019 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
153 | Loyola University Chicago | 39800 | 67600 | 0.4114 | 12,529 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
154 | Temple University | 40000 | 56100 | 0.2869 | 20,786 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
155 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40200 | 66000 | 0.3909 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
156 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 3,988 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
156 | Western New England University | 40500 | 67000 | 0.3957 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
158 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 40600 | 53900 | 0.2467 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
159 | Oglethorpe University | 41200 | 68600 | 0.3986 | 1,278 | 1216 | 0.886 | |
160 | Quinnipiac University | 41800 | 79200 | 0.4721 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
161 | Saint Joseph's University | 42100 | 74500 | 0.4348 | 4,828 | 1234 | 0.8639 | |
162 | Central Christian College of Kansas | 42300 | 45200 | 0.0627 | 437 | 1020 | 0.957 | |
163 | Mercyhurst University | 42800 | 66400 | 0.3556 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
164 | Merrimack College | 43200 | 78800 | 0.4522 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
165 | Marquette University | 45100 | 75100 | 0.3996 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
166 | Bryant University | 45900 | 73800 | 0.3781 | 3,200 | 1265 | 0.6546 | |
167 | Menlo College | 46900 | 80700 | 0.419 | 831 | 1045 | 0.6781 | |
168 | University of Delaware | 47000 | 53200 | 0.117 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
169 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,943 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
170 | MidAmerica Nazarene University | 49500 | 60300 | 0.1796 | 1,204 | 1040 | 0.788 | |
171 | University of St Thomas | 50400 | 70300 | 0.2833 | 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.