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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 | CUNY Graduate School and University Center | 4900 | 43900 | 0.8886 | 3,237 | 0 | 0.3861 | |
2 | California Institute of Technology | 7500 | 90300 | 0.9168 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
3 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7800 | 33400 | 0.7674 | 9,784 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
4 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 8800 | 20000 | 0.5599 | 3,207 | 1050 | 0.8034 | |
5 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 9700 | 94100 | 0.8972 | 9,007 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
6 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 10100 | 34400 | 0.7055 | 36,970 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
7 | New Mexico Highlands University | 10400 | 21500 | 0.5158 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
7 | Valdosta State University | 10400 | 24800 | 0.5817 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
9 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11100 | 27800 | 0.6016 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
10 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 11300 | 24000 | 0.5291 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
11 | Christopher Newport University | 11900 | 33900 | 0.6489 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
11 | Northern Illinois University | 11900 | 29000 | 0.5885 | 11,339 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
13 | Northwestern University | 12300 | 87700 | 0.8598 | 8,839 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
14 | Fort Hays State University | 12500 | 22000 | 0.432 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
15 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12700 | 37100 | 0.6572 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
16 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 12800 | 19600 | 0.3468 | 10,630 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
17 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13100 | 19400 | 0.3248 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
18 | Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville | 13700 | 41100 | 0.6673 | 8,975 | 1045 | 0.9721 | |
18 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,256 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
20 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 14100 | 29300 | 0.5183 | 6,550 | 1140 | 0.7456 | |
21 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14200 | 28100 | 0.4946 | 8,526 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
22 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 14600 | 35400 | 0.587 | 464 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
23 | Goshen College | 14700 | 55700 | 0.7366 | 773 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
24 | Alabama State University | 14800 | 28000 | 0.4714 | 3,322 | 945 | 0.9564 | |
25 | Northeastern University | 15000 | 89900 | 0.8335 | 22,649 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
26 | Wayne State College | 15200 | 26400 | 0.4248 | 3,898 | 1075 | 1 | |
27 | University of California-Riverside | 15300 | 36500 | 0.5804 | 21,954 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
28 | University of Akron Main Campus | 15400 | 25000 | 0.3837 | 11,127 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
28 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 15400 | 23400 | 0.3423 | 11,721 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
30 | Grand Valley State University | 15600 | 25300 | 0.3839 | 18,962 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
30 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15600 | 24800 | 0.3704 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
32 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16100 | 31600 | 0.4903 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
33 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 16300 | 32400 | 0.4971 | 345 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
34 | Dickinson State University | 16700 | 23700 | 0.2949 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
34 | Emporia State University | 16700 | 27000 | 0.3817 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
34 | Jacksonville State University | 16700 | 26600 | 0.3725 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
37 | University of Houston-Victoria | 17300 | 34400 | 0.4974 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
38 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 17600 | 17700 | 0.0057 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
39 | Morgan State University | 17700 | 19700 | 0.1017 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
40 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 17800 | 25200 | 0.2936 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
40 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17800 | 27000 | 0.3412 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
42 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18500 | 27500 | 0.3272 | 5,515 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
43 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 18600 | 32900 | 0.4352 | 620 | 1115 | 0.9664 | |
44 | Coppin State University | 19000 | 43100 | 0.5596 | 1,810 | 950 | 0.4956 | |
45 | Savannah State University | 19200 | 27300 | 0.2962 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
46 | Wayne State University | 19400 | 32300 | 0.3999 | 15,371 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
47 | University of Colorado Boulder | 19500 | 30600 | 0.3627 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
48 | Florida Memorial University | 19900 | 46100 | 0.5684 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
49 | Central College | 20100 | 36800 | 0.4536 | 1,081 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
49 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20100 | 57800 | 0.6526 | 1,083 | 1205 | 0.9278 | |
51 | Lincoln University | 20700 | 24900 | 0.1686 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
52 | Cleveland State University | 20800 | 30900 | 0.3265 | 9,410 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
52 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20800 | 36200 | 0.4263 | 40,978 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
54 | Bradley University | 21500 | 48300 | 0.5541 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
55 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 21600 | 33000 | 0.3451 | 578 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
55 | Rutgers University-Newark | 21600 | 38900 | 0.4448 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
57 | Robert Morris University | 22200 | 56300 | 0.6063 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
58 | Luther College | 22300 | 70900 | 0.6849 | 1,341 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
59 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 22500 | 34500 | 0.3477 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
60 | Syracuse University | 22900 | 83100 | 0.7244 | 15,955 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
61 | Averett University | 23100 | 57200 | 0.5965 | 1,180 | 1010 | 0.478 | |
61 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
63 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 23200 | 39200 | 0.4083 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
64 | University of Kentucky | 23300 | 36000 | 0.3517 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
65 | Bemidji State University | 23600 | 26400 | 0.1072 | 3,610 | 1110 | 0.9131 | |
66 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 23800 | 26600 | 0.1062 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
66 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 23800 | 62200 | 0.6178 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
68 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 23900 | 37400 | 0.3606 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
69 | McKendree University | 24200 | 55600 | 0.5653 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
70 | Elmhurst University | 24300 | 67000 | 0.6376 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
71 | Dominican University | 24400 | 55500 | 0.5604 | 2,570 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
72 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 24500 | 51700 | 0.5267 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
73 | Bethune-Cookman University | 25000 | 32700 | 0.2355 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
73 | Houghton University | 25000 | 35500 | 0.2956 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
75 | Boston College | 25100 | 94600 | 0.7347 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
76 | Westfield State University | 25200 | 39000 | 0.3535 | 3,767 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
77 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25400 | 36500 | 0.3038 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
78 | Northwood University | 25800 | 54500 | 0.5271 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
79 | Doane University | 26000 | 62800 | 0.5861 | 1,313 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
79 | Pennsylvania Western University | 26000 | 35600 | 0.27 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
81 | Georgia Southern University | 26300 | 26700 | 0.015 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
82 | Fairmont State University | 26400 | 32000 | 0.1752 | 3,060 | 1005 | 0.9924 | |
82 | Northern Kentucky University | 26400 | 31600 | 0.1644 | 10,162 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
84 | Benedictine University | 26500 | 48900 | 0.4581 | 1,970 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
85 | Columbia College | 26600 | 41300 | 0.3562 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
86 | University of North Georgia | 26800 | 35500 | 0.245 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
87 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 26900 | 40300 | 0.3324 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
88 | Kennesaw State University | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 44,419 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
88 | University of North Texas | 27000 | 37400 | 0.2782 | 37,529 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
90 | Clemson University | 27200 | 35800 | 0.241 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
91 | George Fox University | 28200 | 67100 | 0.5801 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
91 | Mercy University | 28200 | 44500 | 0.3664 | 6,769 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
91 | University of Utah | 28200 | 32000 | 0.1197 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
94 | Concord University | 28300 | 46500 | 0.3913 | 1,609 | 990 | 0.9256 | |
94 | Furman University | 28300 | 86300 | 0.6722 | 2,374 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
94 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 28300 | 39700 | 0.2873 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
97 | Radford University | 28400 | 32800 | 0.1342 | 6,143 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
98 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 28600 | 53300 | 0.4624 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
99 | Salisbury University | 28700 | 28700 | 0 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
100 | University of Toledo | 28800 | 32600 | 0.1175 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
101 | University of South Alabama | 29300 | 35000 | 0.1629 | 9,205 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
102 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 29400 | 51100 | 0.4249 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
103 | Saint Xavier University | 29800 | 51200 | 0.4165 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
104 | San Jose State University | 29900 | 41000 | 0.2705 | 27,902 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
105 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 30000 | 52800 | 0.4325 | 938 | 1090 | 0.951 | |
106 | Albright College | 30300 | 48700 | 0.3779 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
107 | SUNY at Fredonia | 30400 | 39600 | 0.2326 | 2,839 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
107 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 30400 | 39500 | 0.2302 | 5,203 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
109 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 30700 | 33500 | 0.0845 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
109 | Washington Adventist University | 30700 | 37800 | 0.188 | 605 | 950 | 0.4536 | |
111 | Harding University | 31000 | 43800 | 0.2928 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
112 | Angelo State University | 31100 | 35400 | 0.1224 | 9,778 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
112 | SUNY Brockport | 31100 | 37900 | 0.1794 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
112 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31100 | 67700 | 0.5405 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
115 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 31200 | 36700 | 0.1499 | 5,789 | 1115 | 0.5774 | |
115 | University of North Florida | 31200 | 37900 | 0.1768 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
117 | Saint Michael's College | 31300 | 68400 | 0.5421 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
118 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 31800 | 31800 | 0 | 11,406 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
118 | Hampton University | 31800 | 47000 | 0.3235 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
120 | University of Scranton | 31900 | 76300 | 0.5822 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.812 | |
121 | Frostburg State University | 32100 | 43100 | 0.2553 | 2,619 | 1082 | 0.892 | |
122 | Stockton University | 32600 | 44500 | 0.2676 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
123 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 32700 | 54600 | 0.4009 | 12,108 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
124 | Grambling State University | 32800 | 35300 | 0.0709 | 4,279 | 965 | 0.2368 | |
124 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 32800 | 40900 | 0.1982 | 1,214 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
124 | Wilkes University | 32800 | 61900 | 0.4694 | 1,946 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
127 | California Lutheran University | 32900 | 65800 | 0.4996 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
128 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 33000 | 45200 | 0.27 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
129 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
130 | Norwich University | 33400 | 70900 | 0.5291 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
131 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 54600 | 0.3849 | 1,901 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
131 | LeTourneau University | 33600 | 54600 | 0.3845 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
133 | College of Charleston | 33700 | 33700 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
133 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
135 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 34000 | 37800 | 0.1013 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
136 | Adelphi University | 34500 | 63300 | 0.4552 | 5,322 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
137 | Coastal Carolina University | 34600 | 44700 | 0.2258 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
137 | DePaul University | 34600 | 56200 | 0.3845 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
137 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 34600 | 49600 | 0.3022 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
140 | University of South Florida | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 44,120 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
141 | City University of Seattle | 35100 | 45400 | 0.227 | 1,180 | 0 | 0.9025 | |
141 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 35100 | 42400 | 0.1721 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
143 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,087 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
143 | University of Mount Olive | 35300 | 35300 | 0 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
145 | Towson University | 35800 | 45700 | 0.2166 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
146 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36000 | 51900 | 0.3052 | 5,546 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
147 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 36300 | 38100 | 0.0472 | 2,834 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
148 | Mercer University | 36400 | 60500 | 0.3984 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
149 | University of Michigan-Flint | 36600 | 39400 | 0.0711 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
150 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36800 | 41600 | 0.116 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
151 | Immaculata University | 37000 | 47800 | 0.2257 | 1,628 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
152 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
153 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 37700 | 38900 | 0.0309 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
154 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38000 | 52900 | 0.2815 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
155 | University of Illinois Chicago | 38500 | 48000 | 0.1978 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
156 | Stony Brook University | 39200 | 53000 | 0.2609 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
157 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 39600 | 45400 | 0.1278 | 494 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
158 | Pace University | 39700 | 74100 | 0.464 | 8,019 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
159 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 40300 | 40300 | 0 | 1,854 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
160 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 3,988 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
161 | Loyola University Maryland | 41800 | 78800 | 0.4696 | 3,843 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
161 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 41800 | 55100 | 0.2415 | 43,729 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
163 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42100 | 52900 | 0.2042 | 30,994 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
164 | Merrimack College | 43200 | 78800 | 0.4522 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
165 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 16,060 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
165 | Western Oregon University | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
167 | CUNY Lehman College | 43800 | 45800 | 0.0437 | 11,176 | 1020 | 0.4601 | |
168 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 44200 | 57100 | 0.2249 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
169 | James Madison University | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,045 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
170 | Drexel University | 48100 | 82600 | 0.4175 | 12,896 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
170 | Suffolk University | 48100 | 73600 | 0.3466 | 4,275 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
170 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 48100 | 56200 | 0.1441 | 3,963 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
173 | Molloy University | 48300 | 62300 | 0.2249 | 3,235 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
174 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 49300 | 56400 | 0.1258 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
175 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 49700 | 52300 | 0.0497 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
176 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50300 | 84200 | 0.4027 | 33,921 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
177 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
178 | Fordham University | 55500 | 94600 | 0.4135 | 10,307 | 1415 | 0.5628 | |
179 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 56100 | 58900 | 0.048 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
180 | Thiel College | 66300 | 69100 | 0.0405 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.