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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 | Northwest Indian College | 5300 | 16400 | 0.6766 | 636 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Utah State University | 9700 | 26700 | 0.6361 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 3 | East Central University | 10600 | 43600 | 0.7569 | 2,976 | 1045 | 0.6181 | |
| 4 | Grace Christian University | 11100 | 42800 | 0.7415 | 928 | 1075 | 0.9916 | |
| 5 | Fitchburg State University | 12400 | 34800 | 0.6428 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 6 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12500 | 28100 | 0.5551 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 7 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 13200 | 27600 | 0.5213 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 8 | Arkansas Baptist College | 13600 | 24000 | 0.4328 | 356 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | 13600 | 38400 | 0.6464 | 8,945 | 1099 | 0.975 | |
| 10 | Northeastern University Oakland | 14000 | 115300 | 0.8784 | 467 | 1469 | 0.1665 | |
| 11 | Northern Illinois University | 14300 | 28100 | 0.4927 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 11 | University of North Georgia | 14300 | 56800 | 0.7485 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 13 | Troy University | 14800 | 39100 | 0.6211 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 14 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 15000 | 31600 | 0.5259 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 14 | Urshan University | 15000 | 26200 | 0.4282 | 474 | 990 | 0.8378 | |
| 16 | Lincoln University | 15100 | 33800 | 0.5526 | 1,424 | 890 | 0.6431 | |
| 17 | University of North Texas | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3943 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 18 | Lindsey Wilson University | 16000 | 47500 | 0.6635 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 19 | University of Northern Colorado | 16300 | 64400 | 0.7465 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 20 | Waynesburg University | 16600 | 45000 | 0.6306 | 1,032 | 1093 | 0.8981 | |
| 21 | Bethel University | 16900 | 35300 | 0.5207 | 2,674 | 970 | 0.6023 | |
| 22 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17600 | 27400 | 0.3575 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 23 | Carson-Newman University | 17700 | 51900 | 0.6592 | 1,912 | 1075 | 0.6381 | |
| 24 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 17800 | 52100 | 0.6583 | 6,790 | 965 | 0.9447 | |
| 24 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 17800 | 22200 | 0.1986 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 26 | Northeastern University | 17900 | 90000 | 0.8011 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 26 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17900 | 58900 | 0.6966 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 28 | Kennesaw State University | 18000 | 61500 | 0.7069 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 28 | Southwestern Christian University | 18000 | 26800 | 0.3289 | 380 | 930 | 1 | |
| 30 | Bellevue University | 18300 | 37300 | 0.509 | 11,037 | 0 | 1 | |
| 31 | Malone University | 18400 | 80800 | 0.7723 | 946 | 1080 | 0.7623 | |
| 32 | Elmira College | 18600 | 60600 | 0.693 | 783 | 1391 | 0.8054 | |
| 32 | University of Mary | 18600 | 32600 | 0.4281 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 34 | Quincy University | 18900 | 57900 | 0.6733 | 1,096 | 1115 | 0.551 | |
| 34 | Western Washington University | 18900 | 31400 | 0.3981 | 13,609 | 1199 | 0.9371 | |
| 36 | California State University-Fullerton | 19300 | 61400 | 0.6855 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 37 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 19600 | 26900 | 0.2714 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 38 | Bethel University | 19800 | 53500 | 0.6297 | 1,065 | 1030 | 0.9766 | |
| 38 | Piedmont University | 19800 | 47400 | 0.5826 | 1,154 | 1080 | 0.9054 | |
| 38 | Syracuse University | 19800 | 83600 | 0.7632 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 41 | Southern Oregon University | 20300 | 73600 | 0.7244 | 4,235 | 1104 | 0.8862 | |
| 42 | Anna Maria College | 21100 | 96900 | 0.782 | 916 | 885 | 0.5015 | |
| 43 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 21400 | 54200 | 0.605 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 44 | Grand Canyon University | 21800 | 48300 | 0.5487 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 45 | Le Moyne College | 21900 | 58200 | 0.6237 | 2,494 | 1250 | 0.6782 | |
| 46 | Texas Southern University | 22100 | 25500 | 0.1335 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 47 | Gordon State College | 22200 | 35800 | 0.3794 | 3,179 | 1015 | 0.859 | |
| 47 | Upper Iowa University | 22200 | 41700 | 0.4671 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 47 | Washburn University | 22200 | 29500 | 0.2478 | 5,427 | 1048 | 1 | |
| 50 | Nelson University | 22300 | 55500 | 0.5982 | 1,526 | 990 | 0.8902 | |
| 51 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6212 | 836 | 1075 | 0.6497 | |
| 52 | Murray State University | 22800 | 27600 | 0.1738 | 8,217 | 1124 | 0.8413 | |
| 52 | University of the Cumberlands | 22800 | 26400 | 0.1342 | 7,612 | 1025 | 0.9881 | |
| 54 | Indiana Institute of Technology | 23000 | 48800 | 0.5288 | 1,650 | 1055 | 0.7039 | |
| 55 | Columbia College | 23600 | 65100 | 0.6372 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 56 | Midland University | 23800 | 64300 | 0.6296 | 1,309 | 1045 | 0.6612 | |
| 57 | Georgia Gwinnett College | 23900 | 25300 | 0.0553 | 12,245 | 995 | 0.955 | |
| 58 | Dominican University | 24000 | 56000 | 0.5723 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 59 | Judson University | 24100 | 49100 | 0.5087 | 697 | 1010 | 0.8905 | |
| 60 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24200 | 55200 | 0.5627 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 61 | North Central University | 24300 | 67400 | 0.6392 | 759 | 1075 | 0.9898 | |
| 62 | Doane University | 24900 | 71000 | 0.6497 | 1,758 | 1124 | 0.9633 | |
| 62 | University of Minnesota-Morris | 24900 | 31900 | 0.219 | 982 | 1168 | 0.741 | |
| 64 | Saint Leo University | 25400 | 50000 | 0.4918 | 7,519 | 1110 | 0.7877 | |
| 65 | Shorter University | 25700 | 36500 | 0.2956 | 1,203 | 1110 | 0.9646 | |
| 65 | Simpson College | 25700 | 67100 | 0.6174 | 1,235 | 1430 | 0.8622 | |
| 65 | William Woods University | 25700 | 58400 | 0.5596 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.7118 | |
| 68 | Lancaster Bible College Capital Seminary & Graduate School | 26200 | 48800 | 0.4627 | 1,793 | 1174 | 0.5589 | |
| 69 | Earlham College | 26300 | 75800 | 0.6528 | 670 | 1237 | 0.7904 | |
| 70 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4755 | 1,299 | 1167 | 0.9556 | |
| 71 | Wingate University | 26700 | 65000 | 0.5892 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 72 | Saint Norbert College | 27000 | 63000 | 0.571 | 1,970 | 1193 | 0.8574 | |
| 72 | Valley City State University | 27000 | 29300 | 0.0781 | 1,663 | 1045 | 0.9942 | |
| 74 | Chestnut Hill College | 27500 | 60100 | 0.5423 | 868 | 995 | 0.7446 | |
| 75 | Central Washington University | 27700 | 27900 | 0.0072 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 75 | University of Bridgeport | 27700 | 60500 | 0.5423 | 1,570 | 1000 | 0.8302 | |
| 77 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28300 | 41800 | 0.3223 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 77 | Lander University | 28300 | 37700 | 0.2497 | 3,776 | 1055 | 0.8131 | |
| 79 | New England College | 28600 | 65800 | 0.5653 | 1,049 | 930 | 0.8584 | |
| 80 | Wayland Baptist University | 28900 | 37300 | 0.2254 | 1,894 | 1045 | 0.5477 | |
| 81 | William Penn University | 29400 | 48000 | 0.387 | 1,366 | 1035 | 0.7311 | |
| 82 | University of South Florida | 29600 | 36700 | 0.1934 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 83 | Towson University | 29900 | 39200 | 0.2374 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 84 | East Tennessee State University | 31300 | 31300 | 0 | 10,829 | 1124 | 0.8619 | |
| 85 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31400 | 47100 | 0.3349 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 86 | Columbia International University | 31500 | 44800 | 0.2967 | 1,084 | 1079 | 0.9371 | |
| 86 | Missouri Baptist University | 31500 | 53800 | 0.4142 | 5,253 | 910 | 0.7062 | |
| 88 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31800 | 50000 | 0.3654 | 858 | 975 | 0.7239 | |
| 89 | Anderson University | 32300 | 53600 | 0.3973 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 89 | Grand View University | 32300 | 58100 | 0.444 | 1,500 | 1020 | 0.9909 | |
| 91 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5879 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 92 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 32600 | 53600 | 0.3917 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 93 | Seton Hill University | 33100 | 89200 | 0.6289 | 1,502 | 1134 | 0.7953 | |
| 94 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44700 | 0.2573 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 95 | Southeastern University | 33400 | 56200 | 0.4054 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 96 | Queens University of Charlotte | 33500 | 71300 | 0.5301 | 1,210 | 1244 | 0.805 | |
| 97 | Belmont Abbey College | 33600 | 39000 | 0.1383 | 1,300 | 1094 | 0.7465 | |
| 98 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 69900 | 0.5181 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 98 | Franklin Pierce University | 33700 | 68300 | 0.5063 | 997 | 1174 | 0.9347 | |
| 100 | Fisher College | 33800 | 65300 | 0.4818 | 1,544 | 961 | 0.8263 | |
| 101 | Spring Arbor University | 33900 | 52700 | 0.3566 | 1,133 | 1124 | 0.6518 | |
| 102 | Nova Southeastern University | 34100 | 56100 | 0.3921 | 7,057 | 1187 | 0.7557 | |
| 103 | Lee University | 34200 | 37800 | 0.0952 | 3,425 | 1154 | 0.7138 | |
| 104 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 105 | California Baptist University | 34500 | 69100 | 0.5009 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 105 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 34500 | 62800 | 0.4506 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 107 | Southern New Hampshire University | 34700 | 43300 | 0.1985 | 164,423 | 965 | 0.9951 | |
| 108 | Hilbert College | 35000 | 52900 | 0.3382 | 931 | 1080 | 0.9724 | |
| 109 | Goldey-Beacom College | 37100 | 40200 | 0.078 | 701 | 0 | 0.8451 | |
| 109 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 37100 | 37600 | 0.0133 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 111 | Bluefield University | 37200 | 43200 | 0.1389 | 627 | 995 | 0.5931 | |
| 112 | Touro University | 38400 | 41500 | 0.0748 | 4,872 | 1316 | 0.6083 | |
| 113 | Crown College | 38600 | 53200 | 0.2734 | 1,523 | 1060 | 0.2278 | |
| 114 | Simmons University | 39500 | 57800 | 0.3169 | 1,676 | 1317 | 0.7008 | |
| 115 | Ohio Christian University | 40800 | 43100 | 0.0531 | 1,288 | 890 | 0.3797 | |
| 116 | Mercy University | 41200 | 46400 | 0.1121 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 117 | Montreat College | 41800 | 58100 | 0.2804 | 781 | 1164 | 0.692 | |
| 118 | University of Mount Olive | 42100 | 50400 | 0.1645 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 119 | Lesley University | 42500 | 71100 | 0.4021 | 1,230 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 120 | University of Arizona | 42800 | 43800 | 0.0228 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 121 | Central Christian College of Kansas | 42900 | 45200 | 0.0507 | 454 | 1020 | 0.528 | |
| 121 | Loyola University Chicago | 42900 | 73100 | 0.4129 | 12,640 | 1262 | 0.751 | |
| 123 | Lees-McRae College | 44400 | 58700 | 0.2434 | 869 | 1140 | 0.8036 | |
| 124 | LeTourneau University | 44600 | 55000 | 0.1891 | 2,903 | 1242 | 0.4879 | |
| 125 | Mercer University | 45700 | 65400 | 0.3015 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 126 | University of Delaware | 47700 | 62000 | 0.2314 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 127 | Beacon College | 48700 | 83200 | 0.4148 | 531 | 0 | 0.1677 | |
| 127 | Mount Saint Mary College | 48700 | 68800 | 0.2922 | 2,749 | 1153 | 0.892 | |
| 129 | Elon University | 54300 | 69600 | 0.2198 | 6,191 | 1283 | 0.6326 | |
| 130 | University of Oregon | 69000 | 71300 | 0.0321 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.