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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 | Washington University in St Louis | 8600 | 96200 | 0.9105 | 8,219 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
2 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 10100 | 34400 | 0.7055 | 36,970 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
3 | Eastern Washington University | 11800 | 28600 | 0.5884 | 6,942 | 1055 | 0.9437 | |
3 | Northeastern State University | 11800 | 22900 | 0.4846 | 4,900 | 1035 | 0.9935 | |
5 | Northern Illinois University | 11900 | 29000 | 0.5885 | 11,339 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
6 | University of West Florida | 12200 | 21500 | 0.432 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
7 | Brigham Young University | 12300 | 29000 | 0.5755 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
8 | University of South Florida | 12500 | 17100 | 0.2688 | 44,120 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
9 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 12600 | 24400 | 0.4841 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
9 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 12600 | 27100 | 0.5342 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
11 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 12700 | 25700 | 0.5052 | 49,382 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
11 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 12700 | 25000 | 0.4933 | 3,018 | 920 | 0.9386 | |
13 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 13000 | 22500 | 0.4228 | 14,243 | 1125 | 0.7675 | |
14 | Louisiana Tech University | 13400 | 24900 | 0.4611 | 11,058 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
15 | Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville | 13700 | 41100 | 0.6673 | 8,975 | 1045 | 0.9721 | |
16 | Texas Tech University | 14100 | 27000 | 0.4776 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
17 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 14200 | 22900 | 0.381 | 6,270 | 1140 | 0.8726 | |
18 | Central Michigan University | 14800 | 40600 | 0.6356 | 10,208 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
18 | Clayton State University | 14800 | 21700 | 0.3175 | 5,301 | 980 | 0.7056 | |
20 | Florida International University | 15100 | 23700 | 0.3621 | 56,786 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
20 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 15100 | 23400 | 0.3551 | 11,721 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
22 | Southeastern Louisiana University | 15300 | 28600 | 0.4656 | 13,197 | 1125 | 0.9387 | |
23 | The University of Texas at Austin | 15400 | 30700 | 0.4981 | 43,718 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
24 | Lehigh University | 15500 | 85700 | 0.8196 | 5,910 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
25 | Sam Houston State University | 15600 | 23000 | 0.3218 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
26 | Oakland University | 16000 | 28000 | 0.4291 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
27 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 16200 | 26800 | 0.3957 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
28 | Weber State University | 16300 | 22100 | 0.2626 | 31,625 | 1075 | 1 | |
29 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 16400 | 25700 | 0.3618 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
30 | Georgia Military College | 16700 | 31800 | 0.4743 | 6,575 | 0 | 0 | |
31 | Albany State University | 17000 | 29200 | 0.418 | 6,018 | 865 | 0.6731 | |
31 | Central Washington University | 17000 | 22700 | 0.2508 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
31 | University of Arkansas | 17000 | 27700 | 0.3872 | 28,855 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
34 | Alabama A & M University | 17400 | 35300 | 0.5064 | 5,845 | 940 | 0.6622 | |
35 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 17800 | 32100 | 0.4461 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
36 | Northern Arizona University | 18000 | 32000 | 0.4372 | 22,943 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
36 | Portland State University | 18000 | 26100 | 0.3081 | 15,675 | 1176 | 0.9091 | |
38 | Eastern Michigan University | 18100 | 36100 | 0.4971 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
38 | North Carolina Wesleyan University | 18100 | 56400 | 0.6796 | 1,215 | 980 | 0.7795 | |
40 | Missouri Southern State University | 18500 | 24800 | 0.2536 | 3,881 | 1074 | 0.9706 | |
40 | University of Memphis | 18500 | 26400 | 0.2998 | 15,768 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
42 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 31400 | 0.395 | 15,649 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
42 | Youngstown State University | 19000 | 29300 | 0.3511 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
44 | Iowa State University | 19300 | 24200 | 0.2016 | 25,261 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
45 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 19400 | 27200 | 0.2871 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
46 | Dalton State College | 19600 | 27700 | 0.2926 | 4,902 | 1020 | 0.8176 | |
47 | Piedmont University | 19700 | 47200 | 0.5826 | 1,159 | 1130 | 0.9328 | |
48 | Western Michigan University | 20000 | 31200 | 0.3586 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
49 | Western Illinois University | 20100 | 31000 | 0.3509 | 5,025 | 990 | 0.7496 | |
50 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20200 | 38800 | 0.4798 | 40,978 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
50 | University of Northern Iowa | 20200 | 24000 | 0.1595 | 7,715 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
52 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 20300 | 24800 | 0.1814 | 6,120 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
52 | West Virginia University | 20300 | 28800 | 0.2954 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
54 | Murray State University | 20500 | 25100 | 0.1814 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
54 | University of St Francis | 20500 | 56000 | 0.6337 | 1,338 | 1030 | 0.653 | |
56 | Wayland Baptist University | 20700 | 37300 | 0.4455 | 2,087 | 925 | 0.5596 | |
57 | East Carolina University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1258 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
58 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2289 | 30,994 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
59 | Bradley University | 21500 | 48300 | 0.5541 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
60 | Rutgers University-Newark | 21600 | 38900 | 0.4448 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
61 | Lewis University | 22000 | 57000 | 0.6142 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
62 | Colorado Christian University | 22200 | 63300 | 0.6491 | 6,730 | 1110 | 0.8328 | |
63 | Boise State University | 22300 | 41000 | 0.4558 | 24,030 | 1025 | 0.8721 | |
64 | Fort Valley State University | 22800 | 38900 | 0.4136 | 2,558 | 940 | 0.628 | |
64 | Grove City College | 22800 | 37200 | 0.3872 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
66 | Syracuse University | 22900 | 83100 | 0.7244 | 15,955 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
67 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 23800 | 26600 | 0.1062 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
68 | Tuskegee University | 24000 | 42100 | 0.4304 | 2,400 | 1030 | 0.3143 | |
69 | Tiffin University | 24100 | 48000 | 0.4984 | 2,666 | 990 | 0.7977 | |
70 | Elmhurst University | 24300 | 67000 | 0.6376 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
70 | Temple University | 24300 | 36300 | 0.3309 | 20,786 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
72 | Calvin University | 24400 | 53000 | 0.5398 | 3,356 | 1214 | 0.7091 | |
73 | New Jersey City University | 24900 | 39800 | 0.3747 | 4,209 | 1015 | 0.8918 | |
74 | Binghamton University | 25000 | 32000 | 0.2206 | 14,665 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
74 | University of Kansas | 25000 | 37600 | 0.3347 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
76 | Missouri Western State University | 25100 | 39300 | 0.3609 | 3,494 | 1015 | 0.9996 | |
77 | Bellevue University | 25200 | 25700 | 0.0194 | 11,096 | 0 | 0.995 | |
78 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25400 | 36500 | 0.3038 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
79 | Michigan State University | 25500 | 28900 | 0.1193 | 41,943 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
80 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 25600 | 32800 | 0.2192 | 4,421 | 1099 | 0.8555 | |
81 | Marietta College | 26000 | 62300 | 0.5822 | 1,023 | 1075 | 0.7929 | |
82 | University of Evansville | 26100 | 64700 | 0.5958 | 1,742 | 1207 | 0.7813 | |
83 | Georgia Southern University | 26300 | 26700 | 0.015 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
84 | Park University | 26900 | 30800 | 0.1267 | 6,238 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
85 | Kennesaw State University | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 44,419 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
85 | University of North Texas | 27000 | 37400 | 0.2782 | 37,529 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
87 | Grand Valley State University | 27500 | 35700 | 0.2297 | 18,962 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
87 | Mississippi State University | 27500 | 32300 | 0.1493 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
89 | University of Indianapolis | 27600 | 56500 | 0.5122 | 3,469 | 1080 | 0.6648 | |
90 | John Carroll University | 27800 | 72100 | 0.6145 | 2,339 | 1292 | 0.809 | |
91 | Clarkson University | 27900 | 78000 | 0.6425 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
92 | University of South Alabama | 29300 | 35000 | 0.1629 | 9,205 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
93 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 29400 | 78100 | 0.6236 | 14,237 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
94 | Gannon University | 29800 | 45300 | 0.3422 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
95 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 30100 | 31100 | 0.0322 | 19,657 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
95 | University of Toledo | 30100 | 42000 | 0.2819 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
97 | University of Houston | 30200 | 35200 | 0.1422 | 42,050 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
98 | University of Rhode Island | 30600 | 46700 | 0.3447 | 14,296 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
99 | East Tennessee State University | 30700 | 30700 | 0 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
99 | Point University | 30700 | 43800 | 0.2991 | 2,617 | 975 | 0.6751 | |
101 | Adrian College | 31000 | 67500 | 0.5412 | 1,678 | 1060 | 0.6843 | |
102 | University of North Florida | 31200 | 37900 | 0.1768 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
103 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 31400 | 34700 | 0.095 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
104 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 31900 | 39900 | 0.2004 | 9,967 | 1080 | 0.9475 | |
105 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32400 | 38500 | 0.1585 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
106 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 32500 | 46200 | 0.2968 | 8,526 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
107 | Wilkes University | 32800 | 61900 | 0.4694 | 1,946 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
108 | Appalachian State University | 33000 | 35800 | 0.0782 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
109 | Belmont Abbey College | 33200 | 37700 | 0.1194 | 1,549 | 1075 | 0.9038 | |
110 | Charleston Southern University | 33600 | 48400 | 0.3061 | 2,914 | 1070 | 0.7609 | |
111 | Morgan State University | 33700 | 37200 | 0.0941 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
112 | Anderson University | 33800 | 52400 | 0.3549 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
113 | Baylor University | 34800 | 70800 | 0.5082 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
114 | University of Central Arkansas | 35500 | 38400 | 0.0737 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
115 | University of Michigan-Flint | 36600 | 39400 | 0.0711 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
116 | Wayne State University | 38800 | 45500 | 0.1472 | 15,371 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
117 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 39500 | 53100 | 0.2561 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
118 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 41200 | 42500 | 0.0306 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.7816 | |
119 | Hofstra University | 41400 | 74600 | 0.4449 | 6,578 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
119 | York College of Pennsylvania | 41400 | 41400 | 0 | 3,308 | 1135 | 0.942 | |
121 | Quinnipiac University | 41800 | 79200 | 0.4721 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
121 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41800 | 54900 | 0.2388 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
123 | Arkansas State University | 42000 | 45100 | 0.0698 | 9,984 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
124 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 42200 | 42200 | 0 | 9,791 | 1095 | 0.5958 | |
125 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43500 | 66400 | 0.344 | 3,663 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
126 | Texas Christian University | 44000 | 81900 | 0.4628 | 11,049 | 1283 | 0.4449 | |
127 | Duquesne University | 44700 | 70500 | 0.3664 | 5,371 | 1269 | 0.8356 | |
128 | Marquette University | 45100 | 75100 | 0.3996 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
129 | Citadel Military College of South Carolina | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 2,737 | 1195 | 0.9281 | |
130 | University of San Diego | 45500 | 85500 | 0.4678 | 5,851 | 1298 | 0.5238 | |
131 | Middle Tennessee State University | 45800 | 45800 | 0 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
132 | Bryant University | 45900 | 73800 | 0.3781 | 3,200 | 1265 | 0.6546 | |
133 | Oregon State University | 48100 | 58900 | 0.1838 | 31,146 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
134 | College of Charleston | 49200 | 59000 | 0.1661 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
135 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 51600 | 56100 | 0.0808 | 60,118 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
136 | Howard University | 53300 | 61600 | 0.1348 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
137 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
138 | Auburn University | 55400 | 55400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
139 | Elon University | 65900 | 67300 | 0.0208 | 6,452 | 1244 | 0.6635 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.