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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 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5776 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 2 | California State University-Fresno | 12400 | 19600 | 0.3666 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 2 | Northern Illinois University | 12400 | 29000 | 0.5718 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 2 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 27200 | 0.5443 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 5 | Northern Arizona University | 13500 | 25400 | 0.4712 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 6 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 13600 | 23600 | 0.4235 | 7,557 | 1140 | 0.9037 | |
| 7 | Texas Tech University | 14000 | 27000 | 0.4813 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 8 | Kansas State University | 14200 | 26100 | 0.4563 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 9 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14300 | 26500 | 0.4594 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 10 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14400 | 25600 | 0.4367 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 11 | Pittsburg State University | 14500 | 25200 | 0.4241 | 4,491 | 1055 | 0.8727 | |
| 12 | University of Central Missouri | 14900 | 25400 | 0.4125 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 13 | Central Michigan University | 15200 | 40600 | 0.6257 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 14 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15300 | 28100 | 0.4555 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 15 | University of North Texas | 15400 | 25400 | 0.3943 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 15 | Western Carolina University | 15400 | 16500 | 0.0666 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 17 | University of Florida | 16100 | 22300 | 0.2781 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 18 | Southeast Missouri State University | 16600 | 30300 | 0.4533 | 7,926 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
| 19 | Ferris State University | 16800 | 31000 | 0.4588 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 20 | Weber State University | 17000 | 22100 | 0.2309 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 21 | California State University-Sacramento | 17700 | 27200 | 0.3491 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 21 | Morgan State University | 17700 | 19700 | 0.1017 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 23 | Georgia Southern University | 18000 | 23800 | 0.2441 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 24 | Eastern Michigan University | 18900 | 36100 | 0.4762 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 24 | Texas State University | 18900 | 28900 | 0.3455 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 26 | Carson-Newman University | 20000 | 51700 | 0.613 | 1,606 | 1110 | 0.9045 | |
| 27 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 43700 | 0.5382 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 28 | Western Michigan University | 20500 | 31200 | 0.3426 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 29 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1814 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 29 | The University of Texas at Austin | 20600 | 26900 | 0.2341 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 31 | University of Northern Iowa | 20900 | 24000 | 0.128 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 32 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1818 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 33 | Olivet Nazarene University | 21100 | 88800 | 0.7623 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 34 | Brenau University | 21200 | 50900 | 0.5837 | 1,273 | 1105 | 0.8778 | |
| 35 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21400 | 24800 | 0.1388 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 36 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 22100 | 33900 | 0.3479 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 37 | Ball State University | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 38 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 22500 | 32000 | 0.2967 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 38 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 22500 | 26500 | 0.1512 | 4,214 | 1090 | 0.8949 | |
| 40 | Florida State University | 22600 | 25000 | 0.0962 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 41 | University of Memphis | 22700 | 30000 | 0.2437 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 42 | Washington State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3783 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 43 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23400 | 33600 | 0.3037 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 44 | The University of Alabama | 23500 | 29900 | 0.2144 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 45 | Bay Path University | 24200 | 55400 | 0.563 | 1,278 | 1110 | 0.7381 | |
| 45 | Meredith College | 24200 | 65900 | 0.6327 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 47 | University of Central Arkansas | 24400 | 29500 | 0.1719 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 48 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 49 | California State University-Northridge | 25900 | 36600 | 0.2916 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.9219 | |
| 50 | Iowa State University | 26200 | 42800 | 0.3864 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 51 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 26300 | 48900 | 0.4619 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 51 | University of the Incarnate Word | 26300 | 59900 | 0.5613 | 4,638 | 1035 | 0.9813 | |
| 53 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26400 | 28400 | 0.073 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 54 | Park University | 27600 | 30800 | 0.104 | 6,238 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 54 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 27600 | 36700 | 0.248 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 56 | Seattle Pacific University | 27700 | 62600 | 0.5576 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 57 | California State University-Long Beach | 28000 | 38400 | 0.2712 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 58 | Marymount University | 28600 | 69500 | 0.5884 | 2,216 | 1095 | 0.8021 | |
| 59 | George Fox University | 28700 | 67100 | 0.5727 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 60 | Cleveland Institute of Art | 29900 | 65900 | 0.5462 | 566 | 1185 | 0.5628 | |
| 61 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 62 | Belmont University | 30300 | 67800 | 0.5529 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 62 | Mississippi College | 30300 | 45400 | 0.3324 | 2,724 | 1110 | 0.4928 | |
| 62 | Salem College | 30300 | 55300 | 0.4519 | 464 | 1080 | 0.789 | |
| 62 | San Jose State University | 30300 | 41000 | 0.2608 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 66 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30500 | 78100 | 0.6096 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 67 | Columbia College Chicago | 30600 | 60600 | 0.4954 | 5,422 | 0 | 0.7549 | |
| 68 | East Tennessee State University | 30700 | 30700 | 0 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 69 | Oklahoma Christian University | 31100 | 45000 | 0.3076 | 2,012 | 1159 | 0.9707 | |
| 70 | San Francisco State University | 31200 | 45200 | 0.3099 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 71 | Kean University | 31600 | 39600 | 0.2021 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.7688 | |
| 72 | Adrian College | 31700 | 67500 | 0.53 | 1,678 | 1060 | 0.6843 | |
| 73 | Samford University | 31800 | 65200 | 0.5122 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 74 | Sam Houston State University | 32100 | 39900 | 0.1955 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 75 | University of Bridgeport | 32300 | 60500 | 0.4663 | 1,479 | 1065 | 0.6431 | |
| 76 | Liberty University | 32800 | 43900 | 0.2528 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 77 | Harding University | 32900 | 47000 | 0.2995 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 78 | Appalachian State University | 33500 | 35800 | 0.0642 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 79 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 79 | Stephen F Austin State University | 33700 | 42800 | 0.2126 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 81 | Fashion Institute of Technology | 33900 | 35900 | 0.0556 | 7,924 | 0 | 0.6024 | |
| 82 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34200 | 35100 | 0.0256 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 83 | Baylor University | 34600 | 70800 | 0.511 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 83 | College for Creative Studies | 34600 | 79600 | 0.5653 | 1,376 | 1100 | 0.9194 | |
| 85 | California Baptist University | 35200 | 65200 | 0.4601 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 86 | Abilene Christian University | 35700 | 60700 | 0.4115 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 86 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 35700 | 42400 | 0.158 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 88 | Chaminade University of Honolulu | 36200 | 56300 | 0.3569 | 1,817 | 1055 | 0.5187 | |
| 89 | Converse University | 36600 | 37600 | 0.0266 | 852 | 1140 | 0.6424 | |
| 90 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36900 | 38900 | 0.0533 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 91 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 92 | University of Central Oklahoma | 37600 | 38500 | 0.0234 | 10,454 | 1095 | 0.8176 | |
| 93 | Queens University of Charlotte | 37800 | 68200 | 0.4455 | 1,225 | 1235 | 0.5651 | |
| 94 | University of New Haven | 38300 | 64900 | 0.4096 | 4,903 | 1180 | 0.6038 | |
| 95 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38400 | 38400 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 96 | Suffolk University | 38600 | 73600 | 0.4758 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 97 | Endicott College | 40700 | 63200 | 0.3559 | 3,176 | 1255 | 0.7229 | |
| 98 | Illinois State University | 41700 | 47300 | 0.1179 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
| 99 | New England Institute of Technology | 41900 | 61100 | 0.3145 | 1,718 | 995 | 0.6673 | |
| 100 | Columbus College of Art & Design | 42000 | 61600 | 0.3182 | 893 | 1124 | 0.7174 | |
| 101 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42500 | 52100 | 0.1843 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 102 | Mercyhurst University | 42600 | 66400 | 0.3586 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 103 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43200 | 46200 | 0.0665 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 104 | California College of the Arts | 43300 | 87600 | 0.5056 | 1,004 | 1079 | 0.911 | |
| 105 | Texas Christian University | 43700 | 81900 | 0.4664 | 11,049 | 1283 | 0.4449 | |
| 106 | Winthrop University | 44000 | 44000 | 0 | 3,969 | 1130 | 0.7925 | |
| 107 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2742 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 108 | High Point University | 45800 | 70500 | 0.3504 | 5,006 | 1209 | 0.7683 | |
| 108 | Middle Tennessee State University | 45800 | 45800 | 0 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 110 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 47900 | 56200 | 0.1476 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 111 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 48700 | 64400 | 0.2439 | 14,657 | 1180 | 0.8368 | |
| 112 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 49900 | 56400 | 0.1152 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 113 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 50200 | 52300 | 0.0401 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 114 | University of Kentucky | 51000 | 56000 | 0.0893 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 115 | Drexel University | 51200 | 82600 | 0.38 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 116 | Auburn University | 55400 | 55400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 117 | Pratt Institute-Main | 57300 | 83800 | 0.3163 | 3,967 | 1266 | 0.7325 | |
| 118 | Moore College of Art and Design | 58100 | 85600 | 0.3214 | 390 | 1170 | 0.6051 | |
| 119 | Cornish College of the Arts | 59700 | 75100 | 0.2051 | 502 | 0 | 0.7046 | |
| 120 | The New School | 65400 | 104000 | 0.3711 | 1,449 | 1268 | 0.8333 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.