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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 | 10600 | 25700 | 0.5883 | 696 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11000 | 31800 | 0.6544 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 3 | Lincoln University | 11600 | 31700 | 0.6334 | 1,545 | 890 | 0.6572 | |
| 4 | Grace Christian University | 12600 | 41400 | 0.6962 | 891 | 995 | 0.9931 | |
| 5 | Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville | 12700 | 34600 | 0.6336 | 8,975 | 1045 | 0.9721 | |
| 6 | Gordon State College | 13000 | 30100 | 0.5679 | 3,129 | 950 | 0.8678 | |
| 6 | Lindsey Wilson College | 13000 | 60700 | 0.7854 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 8 | Northern Illinois University | 13200 | 29000 | 0.5434 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 9 | Arkansas Baptist College | 13500 | 31200 | 0.5678 | 373 | 0 | 0.5774 | |
| 10 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 13800 | 25000 | 0.4483 | 3,018 | 920 | 0.9386 | |
| 10 | Western Washington University | 13800 | 31600 | 0.5637 | 13,752 | 1218 | 0.9325 | |
| 12 | University of South Florida | 14100 | 17100 | 0.1753 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 13 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14300 | 28100 | 0.4911 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 14400 | 19000 | 0.2423 | 11,874 | 1082 | 0.8377 | |
| 15 | East Central University | 14500 | 37600 | 0.6142 | 2,644 | 1055 | 0.5815 | |
| 16 | Stephen F Austin State University | 14700 | 36100 | 0.5928 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 16 | Urshan College | 14700 | 19500 | 0.2461 | 514 | 1040 | 0.8387 | |
| 18 | Valley City State University | 15000 | 23000 | 0.3461 | 1,651 | 1055 | 0.9907 | |
| 19 | Northeastern University | 15100 | 89900 | 0.832 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 20 | Lander University | 15200 | 24600 | 0.3814 | 3,669 | 1060 | 0.6792 | |
| 20 | Troy University | 15200 | 26700 | 0.4306 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 20 | University of North Georgia | 15200 | 48000 | 0.6836 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 23 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 15400 | 27600 | 0.4419 | 9,302 | 1125 | 0.9735 | |
| 24 | Central Washington University | 15600 | 22700 | 0.3124 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 24 | Fitchburg State University | 15600 | 30100 | 0.481 | 3,027 | 1150 | 0.8693 | |
| 26 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16000 | 23200 | 0.3103 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 27 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 16400 | 31600 | 0.4816 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 28 | Waynesburg University | 16700 | 45000 | 0.6299 | 1,088 | 1099 | 0.9169 | |
| 29 | University of Northern Colorado | 17200 | 39100 | 0.5603 | 6,480 | 1085 | 0.9363 | |
| 30 | University of Mary | 17700 | 32600 | 0.4576 | 2,650 | 1189 | 0.7825 | |
| 31 | Quincy University | 18000 | 68100 | 0.7351 | 1,072 | 1115 | 0.5093 | |
| 32 | Saint Leo University | 18100 | 50000 | 0.6378 | 7,603 | 1085 | 0.721 | |
| 32 | Simpson College | 18100 | 59500 | 0.6959 | 1,140 | 1430 | 0.8888 | |
| 34 | Carson-Newman University | 18300 | 51900 | 0.6476 | 1,606 | 1110 | 0.9045 | |
| 35 | California State University-Fullerton | 18400 | 20600 | 0.1071 | 38,597 | 0 | 0.9052 | |
| 36 | Southwestern Christian University | 18800 | 26800 | 0.299 | 351 | 930 | 0.8034 | |
| 37 | Texas Southern University | 19400 | 42500 | 0.5438 | 6,619 | 920 | 0.9335 | |
| 38 | Gallaudet University | 19500 | 44900 | 0.5659 | 919 | 875 | 0.6094 | |
| 39 | Grand View University | 20000 | 52500 | 0.6178 | 1,483 | 1035 | 0.9843 | |
| 40 | Lancaster Bible College Capital Seminary & Graduate School | 20200 | 60200 | 0.6644 | 1,778 | 1115 | 0.9519 | |
| 41 | Bethel University | 20500 | 62500 | 0.6725 | 1,107 | 1029 | 0.9868 | |
| 42 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20700 | 57800 | 0.6418 | 1,083 | 1205 | 0.9278 | |
| 43 | Kennesaw State University | 21400 | 27200 | 0.2133 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 44 | Anna Maria College | 21800 | 54200 | 0.598 | 995 | 985 | 0.896 | |
| 44 | Calumet College of Saint Joseph | 21800 | 50800 | 0.5712 | 560 | 915 | 0.5728 | |
| 44 | Wayland Baptist University | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4159 | 2,087 | 925 | 0.5596 | |
| 47 | Le Moyne College | 21900 | 58100 | 0.6226 | 2,563 | 1240 | 0.7529 | |
| 47 | University of the Cumberlands | 21900 | 26400 | 0.1689 | 6,091 | 1110 | 0.7139 | |
| 49 | Malone University | 22100 | 68800 | 0.6786 | 992 | 1075 | 0.7586 | |
| 50 | Upper Iowa University | 22200 | 41700 | 0.4666 | 2,504 | 1045 | 0.9338 | |
| 51 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6203 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 51 | William Woods University | 22400 | 60800 | 0.6312 | 1,097 | 1140 | 0.7449 | |
| 53 | Saint Norbert College | 22600 | 70700 | 0.6807 | 1,970 | 1193 | 0.8574 | |
| 54 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22800 | 58100 | 0.608 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 55 | Murray State University | 22900 | 27600 | 0.1707 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 56 | Mount Saint Mary College | 23000 | 68400 | 0.6638 | 2,141 | 1090 | 0.8888 | |
| 57 | Bethel University | 23500 | 41600 | 0.4351 | 2,719 | 1171 | 0.9717 | |
| 58 | Hilbert College | 23800 | 63200 | 0.6237 | 939 | 1103 | 0.98 | |
| 59 | Elmira College | 23900 | 69000 | 0.6533 | 745 | 1250 | 0.7696 | |
| 60 | Dominican University | 24000 | 56000 | 0.5708 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 60 | Fontbonne University | 24000 | 49800 | 0.5183 | 650 | 1090 | 0.9503 | |
| 62 | Midland University | 24100 | 74700 | 0.677 | 1,333 | 1079 | 0.6692 | |
| 63 | Judson University | 24200 | 49100 | 0.5076 | 793 | 1049 | 0.624 | |
| 63 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24200 | 55200 | 0.5617 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 65 | Westminster College | 24800 | 53800 | 0.5395 | 593 | 1160 | 0.7758 | |
| 66 | Rivier University | 25000 | 73300 | 0.6587 | 1,335 | 1060 | 0.8176 | |
| 67 | Syracuse University | 25300 | 83100 | 0.6955 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 68 | Shorter University | 25700 | 36500 | 0.2952 | 1,322 | 1090 | 0.9693 | |
| 69 | Columbia College | 25900 | 51600 | 0.4985 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 69 | Doane University | 25900 | 77700 | 0.6663 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 69 | East Tennessee State University | 25900 | 30600 | 0.1535 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 69 | University of Bridgeport | 25900 | 65800 | 0.6065 | 1,479 | 1065 | 0.6431 | |
| 73 | North Central University | 26200 | 43900 | 0.4035 | 865 | 1075 | 0.9082 | |
| 73 | Warren Wilson College | 26200 | 57000 | 0.5399 | 742 | 1289 | 0.7771 | |
| 75 | Earlham College | 26400 | 75800 | 0.6521 | 696 | 1233 | 0.7311 | |
| 75 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4748 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 77 | Wingate University | 26800 | 65000 | 0.5879 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 78 | Emmanuel College | 27000 | 68300 | 0.605 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 79 | University of Arizona | 27100 | 38500 | 0.2958 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 80 | Pennsylvania College of Technology | 27200 | 45500 | 0.4024 | 4,264 | 1130 | 0.7423 | |
| 81 | York College of Pennsylvania | 27300 | 45800 | 0.4043 | 3,308 | 1135 | 0.942 | |
| 82 | Canisius University | 27700 | 64800 | 0.5729 | 1,724 | 1129 | 0.7224 | |
| 83 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 27800 | 67800 | 0.5902 | 936 | 980 | 0.8003 | |
| 84 | Bellevue University | 28300 | 32400 | 0.1267 | 11,096 | 0 | 0.995 | |
| 84 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28300 | 41800 | 0.322 | 1,817 | 1080 | 0.8078 | |
| 86 | University of Minnesota-Morris | 28400 | 33700 | 0.1547 | 981 | 1140 | 0.7493 | |
| 87 | Mercy University | 28700 | 44500 | 0.3552 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 88 | Chestnut Hill College | 29100 | 75900 | 0.6167 | 972 | 995 | 0.7913 | |
| 89 | William Penn University | 29500 | 48000 | 0.3853 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 90 | New England College | 29700 | 65800 | 0.5487 | 1,032 | 930 | 0.9213 | |
| 91 | Franklin Pierce University | 30100 | 68300 | 0.5589 | 1,058 | 1095 | 0.9083 | |
| 92 | Southeastern University | 30400 | 60500 | 0.4972 | 10,351 | 1130 | 0.6165 | |
| 93 | Meredith College | 30500 | 64200 | 0.5251 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 93 | Southern Wesleyan University | 30500 | 46200 | 0.34 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 95 | University of North Texas | 30600 | 48200 | 0.3651 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 96 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 30800 | 36500 | 0.1561 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 97 | Fisher College | 30900 | 62300 | 0.5042 | 1,384 | 961 | 0.7075 | |
| 97 | McPherson College | 30900 | 53500 | 0.4225 | 876 | 1065 | 0.7676 | |
| 99 | Columbia International University | 31600 | 44800 | 0.2948 | 721 | 1079 | 0.9461 | |
| 99 | Missouri Baptist University | 31600 | 53800 | 0.4126 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 101 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31800 | 50000 | 0.3637 | 898 | 1044 | 0.7614 | |
| 102 | Liberty University | 32000 | 60900 | 0.4748 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 103 | Spring Arbor University | 32400 | 51100 | 0.3658 | 1,091 | 1120 | 0.3733 | |
| 103 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5881 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.812 | |
| 105 | Nova Southeastern University | 32600 | 56300 | 0.4207 | 7,307 | 1165 | 0.7324 | |
| 106 | Southern New Hampshire University | 33000 | 52800 | 0.3751 | 159,653 | 965 | 0.9612 | |
| 107 | Anderson University | 33200 | 52500 | 0.3678 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 108 | California Baptist University | 33500 | 65600 | 0.4891 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 109 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 55900 | 0.3974 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 109 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 109 | Touro University | 33700 | 42000 | 0.1974 | 5,098 | 1366 | 0.6196 | |
| 112 | Beacon College | 33800 | 98100 | 0.6553 | 531 | 0 | 0.1677 | |
| 113 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54800 | 0.3798 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 113 | Loyola University Chicago | 34000 | 68100 | 0.5008 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 115 | Goldey-Beacom College | 35100 | 38100 | 0.0802 | 702 | 0 | 0.7653 | |
| 116 | Hardin-Simmons University | 35200 | 49700 | 0.2917 | 1,283 | 1080 | 0.9653 | |
| 117 | Seton Hill University | 35900 | 78000 | 0.54 | 1,597 | 1150 | 0.7579 | |
| 118 | Ottawa University-Surprise | 36100 | 56300 | 0.3588 | 768 | 980 | 0.3988 | |
| 119 | Bluefield University | 37200 | 43200 | 0.1389 | 694 | 995 | 0.6272 | |
| 120 | Towson University | 37600 | 46400 | 0.1897 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 121 | Lesley University | 37800 | 54700 | 0.3091 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.9442 | |
| 121 | Queens University of Charlotte | 37800 | 68200 | 0.4455 | 1,225 | 1235 | 0.5651 | |
| 123 | Elon University | 38800 | 58200 | 0.3332 | 6,452 | 1244 | 0.6635 | |
| 123 | Montreat College | 38800 | 55000 | 0.2948 | 759 | 1055 | 0.6555 | |
| 125 | Ohio Christian University | 40100 | 42300 | 0.0521 | 1,340 | 890 | 0.399 | |
| 126 | Spelman College | 40900 | 49200 | 0.1687 | 2,712 | 1218 | 0.2487 | |
| 127 | Central Christian College of Kansas | 43000 | 45200 | 0.0488 | 437 | 1020 | 0.957 | |
| 128 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | 43700 | 43700 | 0 | 11,554 | 1100 | 0.5516 | |
| 129 | Lees-McRae College | 44500 | 58700 | 0.242 | 873 | 1140 | 0.7685 | |
| 130 | City University of Seattle | 46300 | 46300 | 0 | 1,180 | 0 | 0.9025 | |
| 131 | Mercer University | 47100 | 63700 | 0.2607 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 132 | University of Delaware | 47600 | 61300 | 0.2245 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 133 | University of Mount Olive | 48200 | 50400 | 0.0438 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
| 134 | University of Oregon | 66700 | 68900 | 0.032 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.