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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 California-Los Angeles | 0 | 68600 | 1 | 34,398 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3800 | 86800 | 0.9559 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
3 | Johns Hopkins University | 5900 | 88600 | 0.9333 | 6,328 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
4 | California Institute of Technology | 7500 | 90300 | 0.9168 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
5 | Washington University in St Louis | 8600 | 96200 | 0.9105 | 8,219 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
6 | Cornell University | 9400 | 92000 | 0.8975 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
7 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 9700 | 94100 | 0.8972 | 9,007 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
8 | University of Pennsylvania | 10000 | 93000 | 0.8926 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
9 | University of California-Davis | 10100 | 37800 | 0.732 | 31,082 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
9 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 10100 | 34400 | 0.7055 | 36,970 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
11 | Northern Arizona University | 10900 | 25400 | 0.5699 | 22,943 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
12 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11000 | 27200 | 0.5963 | 32,499 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
13 | Eastern Washington University | 11400 | 30900 | 0.6305 | 6,942 | 1055 | 0.9437 | |
14 | Northeastern State University | 11800 | 22900 | 0.4846 | 4,900 | 1035 | 0.9935 | |
15 | Northern Illinois University | 11900 | 29000 | 0.5885 | 11,339 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
16 | Brigham Young University | 12300 | 29000 | 0.5755 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
16 | Northwestern University | 12300 | 87700 | 0.8598 | 8,839 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
18 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 12500 | 38500 | 0.6752 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
19 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 12700 | 25000 | 0.4933 | 3,018 | 920 | 0.9386 | |
20 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 12900 | 20300 | 0.3637 | 14,243 | 1125 | 0.7675 | |
21 | University of Delaware | 13200 | 32500 | 0.5923 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
21 | University of South Florida | 13200 | 17100 | 0.2279 | 44,120 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
23 | Louisiana Tech University | 13400 | 24900 | 0.4611 | 11,058 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
24 | Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville | 13700 | 41100 | 0.6673 | 8,975 | 1045 | 0.9721 | |
24 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,256 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
26 | Kansas State University | 13800 | 26100 | 0.4709 | 15,649 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
27 | Case Western Reserve University | 13900 | 80400 | 0.8266 | 6,519 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
27 | University of Idaho | 13900 | 26400 | 0.4731 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
29 | Missouri Southern State University | 14100 | 20100 | 0.2992 | 3,881 | 1074 | 0.9706 | |
29 | Texas Tech University | 14100 | 27000 | 0.4776 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
31 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 14200 | 27800 | 0.4903 | 6,270 | 1140 | 0.8726 | |
32 | Central Michigan University | 14800 | 40600 | 0.6356 | 10,208 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
32 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71300 | 0.792 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
34 | Carnegie Mellon University | 15000 | 87300 | 0.8279 | 7,616 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
34 | Clayton State University | 15000 | 21700 | 0.3083 | 5,301 | 980 | 0.7056 | |
36 | Florida International University | 15100 | 23700 | 0.3621 | 56,786 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
37 | The University of Texas at Austin | 15400 | 30700 | 0.4981 | 43,718 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
38 | Lehigh University | 15500 | 85700 | 0.8196 | 5,910 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
39 | University of Arizona | 15700 | 30900 | 0.4927 | 43,817 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
40 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 15900 | 26800 | 0.4069 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
41 | Oakland University | 16000 | 28000 | 0.4291 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
42 | Georgia Military College | 16700 | 31800 | 0.4743 | 6,575 | 0 | 0 | |
42 | Sam Houston State University | 16700 | 23000 | 0.2739 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
42 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 16700 | 24700 | 0.3234 | 8,764 | 1209 | 0.8799 | |
45 | University of Kansas | 16800 | 34900 | 0.519 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
46 | Albany State University | 17000 | 29200 | 0.418 | 6,018 | 865 | 0.6731 | |
47 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17200 | 26300 | 0.3464 | 19,657 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
48 | Alabama A & M University | 17400 | 35300 | 0.5064 | 5,845 | 940 | 0.6622 | |
49 | University of Arkansas | 17500 | 27700 | 0.3692 | 28,855 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
50 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 17600 | 17700 | 0.0057 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
51 | Eastern Michigan University | 18100 | 36100 | 0.4971 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
51 | North Carolina Wesleyan University | 18100 | 56400 | 0.6796 | 1,215 | 980 | 0.7795 | |
53 | East Tennessee State University | 18500 | 26300 | 0.2968 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
54 | Citadel Military College of South Carolina | 18700 | 31900 | 0.4138 | 2,737 | 1195 | 0.9281 | |
55 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 18900 | 18900 | 0 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.7816 | |
56 | Youngstown State University | 19000 | 29300 | 0.3511 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
57 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19300 | 28200 | 0.3156 | 18,487 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
57 | Wayne State University | 19300 | 32300 | 0.403 | 15,371 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
59 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 19400 | 26500 | 0.2682 | 9,967 | 1080 | 0.9475 | |
60 | Dalton State College | 19600 | 27700 | 0.2926 | 4,902 | 1020 | 0.8176 | |
60 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 19600 | 36200 | 0.4595 | 40,978 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
62 | Piedmont University | 19700 | 47200 | 0.5826 | 1,159 | 1130 | 0.9328 | |
63 | Western Michigan University | 20000 | 31200 | 0.3586 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
64 | Western Illinois University | 20100 | 31000 | 0.3509 | 5,025 | 990 | 0.7496 | |
65 | University of Northern Iowa | 20200 | 24000 | 0.1595 | 7,715 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
66 | West Virginia University | 20300 | 28800 | 0.2954 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
67 | University of St Francis | 20500 | 56000 | 0.6337 | 1,338 | 1030 | 0.653 | |
68 | Wayland Baptist University | 20700 | 37300 | 0.4455 | 2,087 | 925 | 0.5596 | |
69 | University of California-Irvine | 20900 | 35300 | 0.4084 | 29,799 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
70 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 21000 | 28500 | 0.2635 | 12,382 | 1242 | 0.8842 | |
71 | Bradley University | 21500 | 48300 | 0.5541 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
72 | Rutgers University-Newark | 21600 | 38900 | 0.4448 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
73 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 21700 | 34400 | 0.3691 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
74 | Lewis University | 22000 | 57000 | 0.6142 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
75 | Colorado Christian University | 22200 | 63300 | 0.6491 | 6,730 | 1110 | 0.8328 | |
75 | University of Memphis | 22200 | 30000 | 0.2604 | 15,768 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
77 | Winona State University | 22300 | 29500 | 0.2455 | 5,266 | 1115 | 0.6848 | |
78 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 22600 | 33600 | 0.3276 | 70,646 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
79 | Fort Valley State University | 22800 | 38900 | 0.4136 | 2,558 | 940 | 0.628 | |
79 | Grove City College | 22800 | 37200 | 0.3872 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
81 | Syracuse University | 22900 | 83100 | 0.7244 | 15,955 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
82 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 23000 | 25700 | 0.1051 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
83 | Murray State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0975 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
84 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 23200 | 71600 | 0.6762 | 3,105 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
84 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 23200 | 39200 | 0.4083 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
86 | University of Kentucky | 23300 | 36000 | 0.3522 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
87 | University of Central Arkansas | 23700 | 29500 | 0.1975 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
88 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 23800 | 26600 | 0.1062 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
89 | Tuskegee University | 24000 | 42100 | 0.4304 | 2,400 | 1030 | 0.3143 | |
90 | Iowa State University | 24100 | 41400 | 0.4175 | 25,261 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
90 | Tiffin University | 24100 | 48000 | 0.4984 | 2,666 | 990 | 0.7977 | |
90 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 37100 | 0.3508 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
93 | Elmhurst University | 24300 | 67000 | 0.6376 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
94 | Calvin University | 24400 | 53000 | 0.5398 | 3,356 | 1214 | 0.7091 | |
95 | Temple University | 24800 | 36300 | 0.3171 | 20,786 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
96 | New Jersey City University | 24900 | 39800 | 0.3747 | 4,209 | 1015 | 0.8918 | |
96 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 24900 | 34600 | 0.2798 | 42,178 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
98 | Missouri Western State University | 25100 | 39300 | 0.3609 | 3,494 | 1015 | 0.9996 | |
99 | Bellevue University | 25200 | 25700 | 0.0194 | 11,096 | 0 | 0.995 | |
100 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 25600 | 32800 | 0.2192 | 4,421 | 1099 | 0.8555 | |
101 | Marquette University | 25800 | 65700 | 0.6069 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
102 | Marietta College | 26000 | 62300 | 0.5822 | 1,023 | 1075 | 0.7929 | |
102 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 26000 | 28800 | 0.0982 | 6,120 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
104 | University of Evansville | 26100 | 64700 | 0.5958 | 1,742 | 1207 | 0.7813 | |
105 | Alfred University | 26300 | 60300 | 0.5641 | 1,474 | 1214 | 0.7384 | |
105 | Georgia Southern University | 26300 | 26700 | 0.015 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
107 | Park University | 26900 | 30800 | 0.1267 | 6,238 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
108 | Kennesaw State University | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 44,419 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
108 | University of North Texas | 27000 | 37400 | 0.2782 | 37,529 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
110 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 27200 | 40300 | 0.3249 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
111 | Weber State University | 27300 | 33300 | 0.1802 | 31,625 | 1075 | 1 | |
112 | Central Washington University | 27500 | 27800 | 0.0108 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
112 | Grand Valley State University | 27500 | 35700 | 0.2297 | 18,962 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
114 | University of Indianapolis | 27600 | 56500 | 0.5122 | 3,469 | 1080 | 0.6648 | |
114 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 27600 | 27600 | 0 | 11,721 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
116 | John Carroll University | 27800 | 72100 | 0.6145 | 2,339 | 1292 | 0.809 | |
117 | Clarkson University | 27900 | 78000 | 0.6425 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
118 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 29000 | 36500 | 0.2056 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
119 | University of South Alabama | 29300 | 35000 | 0.1629 | 9,205 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
120 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 29400 | 78100 | 0.6236 | 14,237 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
121 | Gannon University | 29800 | 45300 | 0.3422 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
121 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 29800 | 41800 | 0.2872 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
123 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 29900 | 31100 | 0.0385 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
123 | San Jose State University | 29900 | 41000 | 0.2705 | 27,902 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
125 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 30100 | 42400 | 0.2902 | 21,917 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
125 | University of Toledo | 30100 | 42000 | 0.2819 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
127 | University of Houston | 30200 | 35200 | 0.1422 | 42,050 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
128 | Southeastern Louisiana University | 30600 | 43700 | 0.2998 | 13,197 | 1125 | 0.9387 | |
128 | University of Rhode Island | 30600 | 46700 | 0.3447 | 14,296 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
130 | Point University | 30700 | 43800 | 0.2991 | 2,617 | 975 | 0.6751 | |
131 | Adrian College | 31000 | 67500 | 0.5412 | 1,678 | 1060 | 0.6843 | |
132 | Portland State University | 31100 | 43000 | 0.2774 | 15,675 | 1176 | 0.9091 | |
133 | University of North Florida | 31200 | 37900 | 0.1768 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
134 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 32000 | 44800 | 0.2857 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
135 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32400 | 38500 | 0.1585 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
136 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 32500 | 46200 | 0.2968 | 8,526 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
137 | Wilkes University | 32800 | 61900 | 0.4694 | 1,946 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
138 | Appalachian State University | 33000 | 35800 | 0.0782 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
139 | Belmont Abbey College | 33200 | 37700 | 0.1194 | 1,549 | 1075 | 0.9038 | |
140 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | 33400 | 51300 | 0.3492 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
141 | Charleston Southern University | 33600 | 48400 | 0.3061 | 2,914 | 1070 | 0.7609 | |
142 | Morgan State University | 33700 | 37200 | 0.0941 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
143 | Anderson University | 33800 | 52400 | 0.3549 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
144 | Baylor University | 34800 | 70800 | 0.5082 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
145 | Boise State University | 35100 | 48800 | 0.2807 | 24,030 | 1025 | 0.8721 | |
145 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 35100 | 42400 | 0.1721 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
145 | University of West Florida | 35100 | 44600 | 0.2131 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
148 | Mississippi State University | 35600 | 50500 | 0.2939 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
149 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 36100 | 38700 | 0.0673 | 1,217 | 1229 | 0.5405 | |
150 | University of Michigan-Flint | 36600 | 39400 | 0.0711 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
151 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36700 | 62000 | 0.4081 | 30,962 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
152 | University of Central Florida | 36900 | 39600 | 0.0682 | 68,470 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
153 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
153 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 41800 | 0.1125 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
155 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38000 | 52900 | 0.2815 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
156 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41300 | 52100 | 0.2073 | 49,382 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
157 | Hofstra University | 41400 | 74600 | 0.4449 | 6,578 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
157 | York College of Pennsylvania | 41400 | 41400 | 0 | 3,308 | 1135 | 0.942 | |
159 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 41800 | 55100 | 0.2415 | 43,729 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
159 | Quinnipiac University | 41800 | 79200 | 0.4721 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
161 | Arkansas State University | 42000 | 45100 | 0.0698 | 9,984 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
162 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42100 | 52900 | 0.2042 | 30,994 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
163 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 42200 | 42200 | 0 | 9,791 | 1095 | 0.5958 | |
164 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 42500 | 46200 | 0.0807 | 41,678 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
165 | University of California-Riverside | 42900 | 66400 | 0.3539 | 21,954 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
166 | University of Florida | 43000 | 45600 | 0.057 | 38,113 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
167 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43500 | 66400 | 0.344 | 3,663 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
168 | Texas Christian University | 44000 | 81900 | 0.4628 | 11,049 | 1283 | 0.4449 | |
169 | Duquesne University | 44700 | 70500 | 0.3664 | 5,371 | 1269 | 0.8356 | |
170 | University of San Diego | 45500 | 85500 | 0.4678 | 5,851 | 1298 | 0.5238 | |
171 | Middle Tennessee State University | 45800 | 45800 | 0 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
172 | Bryant University | 45900 | 73800 | 0.3781 | 3,200 | 1265 | 0.6546 | |
173 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,943 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
174 | University of California-Merced | 47600 | 52300 | 0.0898 | 8,161 | 1070 | 0.9152 | |
175 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 47700 | 85700 | 0.4432 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
176 | Drexel University | 48100 | 82600 | 0.4175 | 12,896 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
176 | Oregon State University | 48100 | 58900 | 0.1838 | 31,146 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
178 | College of Charleston | 49200 | 59000 | 0.1661 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
179 | Binghamton University | 49300 | 52100 | 0.0543 | 14,665 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
180 | Washington State University | 49900 | 53900 | 0.0748 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
181 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50300 | 84200 | 0.4027 | 33,921 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
182 | University of Utah | 50900 | 53700 | 0.0527 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
183 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 51600 | 56100 | 0.0808 | 60,118 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
184 | Howard University | 53300 | 61600 | 0.1348 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
185 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
186 | Auburn University | 55400 | 55400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
187 | Clemson University | 58300 | 61100 | 0.0463 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
188 | Michigan Technological University | 59100 | 59100 | 0 | 6,022 | 1256 | 0.8353 | |
189 | Elon University | 65900 | 67300 | 0.0208 | 6,452 | 1244 | 0.6635 | |
190 | University of California-Berkeley | 74600 | 75500 | 0.0119 | 32,429 | 1407 | 0.1104 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.