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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 | Valdosta State University | 10400 | 24800 | 0.5817 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
2 | Northern Arizona University | 10900 | 25400 | 0.5699 | 22,943 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
3 | Northern Illinois University | 11900 | 29000 | 0.5885 | 11,339 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
4 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13400 | 19400 | 0.3093 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
5 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,256 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
6 | Kansas State University | 13800 | 26100 | 0.4709 | 15,649 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
7 | Texas Tech University | 14100 | 27000 | 0.4776 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
7 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 14100 | 27700 | 0.491 | 7,556 | 1140 | 0.9037 | |
9 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 14400 | 22700 | 0.3651 | 4,213 | 1090 | 0.8949 | |
10 | Pittsburg State University | 14500 | 25200 | 0.4264 | 4,491 | 1055 | 0.8727 | |
11 | University of Central Missouri | 14600 | 24600 | 0.4083 | 7,343 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
12 | Central Michigan University | 14800 | 40600 | 0.6356 | 10,208 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
13 | The University of Texas at Austin | 15400 | 30700 | 0.4981 | 43,718 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
14 | Southeast Missouri State University | 16000 | 30300 | 0.4729 | 7,923 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
15 | Western Carolina University | 16100 | 19600 | 0.1786 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
16 | Ferris State University | 16600 | 31000 | 0.4652 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
16 | Weber State University | 16600 | 22100 | 0.2491 | 31,625 | 1075 | 1 | |
18 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17100 | 33600 | 0.4907 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
19 | San Francisco State University | 17300 | 33300 | 0.4804 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
20 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 17400 | 28800 | 0.3961 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
21 | Georgia Southern University | 17700 | 23800 | 0.2567 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
22 | Morgan State University | 17900 | 19700 | 0.0915 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
23 | Eastern Michigan University | 18100 | 36100 | 0.4971 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
24 | East Tennessee State University | 18500 | 26300 | 0.2968 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
25 | San Jose State University | 18900 | 29900 | 0.3676 | 27,902 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
25 | Texas State University | 18900 | 28900 | 0.3455 | 36,613 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
27 | Carson-Newman University | 19200 | 51700 | 0.6285 | 1,606 | 1110 | 0.9045 | |
27 | University of Northern Iowa | 19200 | 24000 | 0.2011 | 7,715 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
29 | South Dakota State University | 19500 | 21800 | 0.1057 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
30 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 19700 | 43700 | 0.5496 | 30,962 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
31 | Western Michigan University | 20000 | 31200 | 0.3586 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
32 | Brenau University | 20500 | 50900 | 0.5974 | 1,273 | 1065 | 0.8778 | |
33 | Olivet Nazarene University | 20700 | 88800 | 0.7674 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
34 | East Carolina University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1258 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
35 | Ball State University | 21000 | 22400 | 0.0626 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
36 | Florida State University | 22200 | 25000 | 0.1122 | 32,709 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
36 | University of Memphis | 22200 | 30000 | 0.2604 | 15,768 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
38 | University of Kentucky | 23300 | 36000 | 0.3522 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
39 | Meredith College | 23600 | 77200 | 0.694 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
40 | Bay Path University | 23800 | 55400 | 0.5702 | 1,278 | 1110 | 0.7381 | |
41 | Iowa State University | 24100 | 41400 | 0.4175 | 25,261 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
42 | California State University-Fresno | 24500 | 35900 | 0.3174 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
43 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 24900 | 34600 | 0.2798 | 42,178 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
44 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 25100 | 36600 | 0.3146 | 70,646 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
45 | California State University-Northridge | 25200 | 36600 | 0.3122 | 32,352 | 1005 | 0.9219 | |
46 | Michigan State University | 25500 | 28900 | 0.1193 | 41,943 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
47 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 25700 | 48900 | 0.4741 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
47 | University of the Incarnate Word | 25700 | 59900 | 0.5713 | 4,638 | 1035 | 0.9813 | |
49 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 26000 | 28800 | 0.0982 | 6,120 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
50 | Winthrop University | 26800 | 29600 | 0.0944 | 3,969 | 1130 | 0.7925 | |
51 | Park University | 26900 | 30800 | 0.1267 | 6,238 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
52 | Seattle Pacific University | 27000 | 62600 | 0.5688 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
52 | University of North Texas | 27000 | 37400 | 0.2782 | 37,529 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
54 | North Dakota State University | 27100 | 30400 | 0.1064 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
55 | California State University-Long Beach | 27600 | 38400 | 0.2816 | 36,021 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
56 | Marymount University | 28000 | 69500 | 0.5971 | 2,216 | 1095 | 0.8021 | |
57 | George Fox University | 28200 | 67100 | 0.5801 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
58 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 29400 | 78100 | 0.6236 | 14,237 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
59 | Mississippi College | 29500 | 45400 | 0.349 | 2,724 | 1110 | 0.4928 | |
60 | Salem College | 29900 | 55300 | 0.4587 | 464 | 1080 | 0.789 | |
61 | Cleveland Institute of Art | 30000 | 65900 | 0.5447 | 566 | 1185 | 0.5628 | |
61 | Columbia College Chicago | 30000 | 60600 | 0.5053 | 5,417 | 0 | 0.7549 | |
61 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
64 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 30400 | 39500 | 0.2302 | 5,203 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
65 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 30700 | 33500 | 0.0845 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
66 | Kean University | 30800 | 39600 | 0.2223 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.7688 | |
67 | Adrian College | 31000 | 67500 | 0.5412 | 1,678 | 1060 | 0.6843 | |
67 | Harding University | 31000 | 43800 | 0.2928 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
69 | Sam Houston State University | 31100 | 39900 | 0.2205 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
70 | Samford University | 31300 | 65200 | 0.5199 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
71 | Oklahoma Christian University | 31500 | 43100 | 0.2687 | 2,012 | 1159 | 0.9707 | |
72 | University of Bridgeport | 32000 | 60500 | 0.4712 | 1,479 | 1065 | 0.6431 | |
73 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 32500 | 46200 | 0.2968 | 8,526 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
74 | Liberty University | 32800 | 43900 | 0.2528 | 70,898 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
75 | Appalachian State University | 33000 | 35800 | 0.0782 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
75 | Stephen F Austin State University | 33000 | 42800 | 0.229 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
77 | California State University-Sacramento | 33600 | 44900 | 0.2518 | 28,139 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
78 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
79 | Fashion Institute of Technology | 33800 | 35900 | 0.0584 | 7,920 | 0 | 0.6024 | |
80 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34400 | 34500 | 0.0029 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
81 | College for Creative Studies | 34500 | 79600 | 0.5665 | 1,376 | 1100 | 0.9194 | |
82 | California Baptist University | 34600 | 65200 | 0.4693 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
83 | Baylor University | 34800 | 70800 | 0.5082 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
84 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 35100 | 42400 | 0.1721 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
85 | Abilene Christian University | 35400 | 60700 | 0.4165 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
86 | University of Central Arkansas | 35500 | 38400 | 0.0737 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
87 | Converse University | 35600 | 37600 | 0.0532 | 852 | 1140 | 0.6424 | |
88 | Illinois State University | 36800 | 45900 | 0.1987 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
89 | University of Central Oklahoma | 37200 | 38500 | 0.0338 | 10,454 | 1095 | 0.8176 | |
90 | Queens University of Charlotte | 37500 | 68200 | 0.4499 | 1,225 | 1235 | 0.5651 | |
91 | University of New Haven | 37900 | 64900 | 0.4158 | 4,903 | 1180 | 0.6038 | |
92 | Belmont University | 38100 | 67800 | 0.4383 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
93 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38600 | 44600 | 0.1345 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
94 | Chaminade University of Honolulu | 39700 | 56300 | 0.2947 | 1,816 | 1203 | 0.5187 | |
95 | Endicott College | 40400 | 63200 | 0.3607 | 3,176 | 1215 | 0.7229 | |
96 | New England Institute of Technology | 40900 | 61100 | 0.3309 | 1,718 | 995 | 0.6673 | |
97 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41300 | 52100 | 0.2073 | 49,382 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
98 | Columbus College of Art & Design | 42000 | 61600 | 0.3182 | 893 | 1124 | 0.7174 | |
99 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 42500 | 46200 | 0.0807 | 41,678 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
100 | Mercyhurst University | 42800 | 66400 | 0.3556 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
101 | California College of the Arts | 43000 | 87600 | 0.509 | 910 | 1079 | 0.911 | |
101 | University of Florida | 43000 | 45600 | 0.057 | 38,113 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
103 | Texas Christian University | 44000 | 81900 | 0.4628 | 11,049 | 1283 | 0.4449 | |
104 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 44200 | 57100 | 0.2249 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
105 | High Point University | 45500 | 70500 | 0.3547 | 5,006 | 1209 | 0.7683 | |
106 | Middle Tennessee State University | 45800 | 45800 | 0 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
107 | Drexel University | 48100 | 82600 | 0.4175 | 12,896 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
107 | Oregon State University | 48100 | 58900 | 0.1838 | 31,146 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
107 | Suffolk University | 48100 | 73600 | 0.3466 | 4,275 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
107 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 48100 | 56200 | 0.1441 | 3,963 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
111 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 48300 | 64400 | 0.2501 | 14,657 | 1180 | 0.8368 | |
112 | The University of Alabama | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 35,413 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
113 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 49300 | 56400 | 0.1258 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
114 | Washington State University | 49900 | 53900 | 0.0748 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
115 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 51700 | 51700 | 0 | 34,656 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
116 | Auburn University | 55400 | 55400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
117 | Pratt Institute-Main | 57600 | 83800 | 0.3127 | 3,638 | 1266 | 0.7325 | |
118 | Moore College of Art and Design | 58400 | 85600 | 0.3179 | 390 | 1170 | 0.6051 | |
119 | Cornish College of the Arts | 59700 | 75100 | 0.2051 | 502 | 0 | 0.7046 | |
120 | The New School | 65200 | 104000 | 0.3731 | 1,328 | 1268 | 0.8333 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.