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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 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5800 | 39100 | 0.8526 | 33,921 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
2 | Francis Marion University | 9500 | 25400 | 0.6257 | 3,635 | 1015 | 0.8639 | |
3 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 9700 | 94100 | 0.8972 | 9,007 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
4 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 10100 | 34400 | 0.7055 | 36,970 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
5 | Navajo Technical University | 11000 | 22400 | 0.5082 | 1,523 | 0 | 0.9252 | |
5 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11000 | 27200 | 0.5963 | 32,499 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
7 | Northern Illinois University | 11900 | 29000 | 0.5885 | 11,339 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
8 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12200 | 29900 | 0.5919 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
9 | Northwestern University | 12300 | 87700 | 0.8598 | 8,839 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
10 | Fort Hays State University | 12500 | 22000 | 0.432 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
10 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 12500 | 24000 | 0.4791 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
12 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,194 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
13 | Texas State University | 13200 | 23200 | 0.4313 | 36,613 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
13 | University of South Florida | 13200 | 17100 | 0.2279 | 44,120 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
15 | Louisiana Tech University | 13400 | 24900 | 0.4611 | 11,058 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
15 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13400 | 17900 | 0.2521 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
17 | Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville | 13700 | 41100 | 0.6673 | 8,975 | 1045 | 0.9721 | |
17 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,256 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
19 | Texas Tech University | 14100 | 27000 | 0.4776 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
20 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14200 | 28100 | 0.4946 | 8,526 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
20 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 14200 | 22900 | 0.381 | 6,270 | 1140 | 0.8726 | |
22 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 14900 | 25800 | 0.4202 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
23 | Northeastern University | 15000 | 89900 | 0.8335 | 22,649 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
24 | Lehigh University | 15500 | 85700 | 0.8196 | 5,910 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
25 | University of Arizona | 15700 | 30900 | 0.4927 | 43,817 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
26 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 15900 | 29300 | 0.4577 | 20,609 | 990 | 0.999 | |
27 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | 16200 | 25900 | 0.3751 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
28 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 17200 | 27200 | 0.3673 | 41,678 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
29 | University of Arkansas | 17500 | 27700 | 0.3692 | 28,855 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
30 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 17600 | 17700 | 0.0057 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
31 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 17800 | 25200 | 0.2936 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
32 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 28100 | 0.3632 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
32 | Morgan State University | 17900 | 19700 | 0.0915 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
34 | University of Southern California | 18800 | 76000 | 0.7526 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
35 | San Jose State University | 18900 | 29900 | 0.3676 | 27,902 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
35 | University of Vermont | 18900 | 37200 | 0.4926 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
37 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 31400 | 0.395 | 15,649 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
37 | Youngstown State University | 19000 | 29300 | 0.3511 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
39 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 19100 | 27200 | 0.2981 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
40 | Iowa State University | 19300 | 24200 | 0.2016 | 25,261 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
41 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 19400 | 24500 | 0.2078 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
42 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 19600 | 36200 | 0.4595 | 40,978 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
43 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 19700 | 43700 | 0.5496 | 30,962 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
44 | South Carolina State University | 19800 | 30000 | 0.3395 | 2,950 | 865 | 0.8262 | |
45 | Western Michigan University | 20000 | 31200 | 0.3586 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
46 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 20200 | 69400 | 0.7093 | 2,702 | 1292 | 0.6239 | |
47 | West Virginia University | 20300 | 28800 | 0.2954 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
48 | Bradley University | 21500 | 48300 | 0.5541 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
48 | University of Miami | 21500 | 70800 | 0.6967 | 13,221 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
50 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 21900 | 29800 | 0.263 | 8,362 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
51 | Colorado Christian University | 22200 | 63300 | 0.6491 | 6,730 | 1110 | 0.8328 | |
51 | Florida State University | 22200 | 25000 | 0.1122 | 32,709 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
53 | University of Illinois Chicago | 22400 | 30300 | 0.2605 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
54 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 22600 | 33600 | 0.3276 | 70,646 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
54 | Indiana Institute of Technology | 22600 | 48800 | 0.537 | 1,642 | 1055 | 0.5713 | |
56 | Saint Ambrose University | 22700 | 54500 | 0.5836 | 1,937 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
57 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 23200 | 28300 | 0.1804 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
58 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 24100 | 26900 | 0.1052 | 2,170 | 1264 | 0.8525 | |
59 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 24400 | 32200 | 0.2422 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
60 | Montana State University | 24600 | 31400 | 0.2165 | 14,913 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
61 | St. Mary's University | 24800 | 55900 | 0.5565 | 2,150 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
61 | Temple University | 24800 | 36300 | 0.3171 | 20,786 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
63 | Oakland University | 25900 | 39800 | 0.3494 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
64 | Lamar University | 26100 | 37700 | 0.3074 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
65 | Methodist University | 26700 | 51900 | 0.4859 | 1,436 | 1175 | 0.752 | |
66 | North Dakota State University | 27100 | 30400 | 0.1064 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
66 | University of Louisville | 27100 | 42200 | 0.3576 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
68 | University of South Carolina Aiken | 27300 | 36700 | 0.2561 | 3,277 | 1115 | 0.7857 | |
69 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27500 | 41900 | 0.3436 | 43,729 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
70 | University of Indianapolis | 27600 | 56500 | 0.5122 | 3,469 | 1080 | 0.6648 | |
71 | California State University-East Bay | 29000 | 43000 | 0.3253 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
72 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 29400 | 78100 | 0.6236 | 14,237 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
73 | Gannon University | 29800 | 45300 | 0.3422 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
74 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
75 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 30100 | 42400 | 0.2902 | 21,917 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
76 | University of Houston | 30200 | 35200 | 0.1422 | 42,050 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
77 | University of Rhode Island | 30600 | 46700 | 0.3447 | 14,296 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
78 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32400 | 38500 | 0.1585 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
79 | Liberty University | 32800 | 43900 | 0.2528 | 70,898 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
80 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 34000 | 37800 | 0.1013 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
81 | Mississippi State University | 35600 | 50500 | 0.2939 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
82 | Lawrence Technological University | 36300 | 67800 | 0.4644 | 2,579 | 1155 | 0.7403 | |
83 | University of Central Florida | 36900 | 39600 | 0.0682 | 68,470 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
84 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 41800 | 0.1125 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
84 | Wichita State University | 37100 | 39600 | 0.0631 | 14,280 | 1094 | 0.7211 | |
86 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38000 | 52900 | 0.2815 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
87 | Kettering University | 38300 | 66900 | 0.4275 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
88 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38600 | 44600 | 0.1345 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
89 | Wayne State University | 38800 | 45500 | 0.1472 | 15,371 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
90 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 39500 | 53100 | 0.2561 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
91 | SUNY Maritime College | 40200 | 40900 | 0.0171 | 1,283 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
92 | Western New England University | 40500 | 67000 | 0.3957 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
93 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 40600 | 59200 | 0.3138 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
94 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41300 | 52100 | 0.2073 | 49,382 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
94 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 41300 | 41300 | 0 | 3,196 | 1224 | 0.9683 | |
96 | Hofstra University | 41400 | 74600 | 0.4449 | 6,578 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
97 | Quinnipiac University | 41800 | 79200 | 0.4721 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
97 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41800 | 54900 | 0.2388 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
99 | University at Buffalo | 42500 | 46800 | 0.0919 | 20,355 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
100 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 43200 | 50300 | 0.1412 | 33,626 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
101 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 44200 | 57100 | 0.2249 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
102 | University of San Diego | 45500 | 85500 | 0.4678 | 5,851 | 1298 | 0.5238 | |
103 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 47700 | 85700 | 0.4432 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
104 | Oregon State University | 48100 | 58900 | 0.1838 | 31,146 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
105 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 48800 | 57200 | 0.1473 | 42,178 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
106 | Binghamton University | 49300 | 52100 | 0.0543 | 14,665 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
107 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 49900 | 81000 | 0.3837 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
108 | University of Iowa | 50400 | 53200 | 0.0532 | 22,473 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
109 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 51600 | 56100 | 0.0808 | 60,118 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
110 | Auburn University | 55400 | 55400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
111 | Clemson University | 58300 | 61100 | 0.0463 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.