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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 | Wilberforce University | 5500 | 40900 | 0.8663 | 822 | 965 | 0.405 | |
| 2 | Wiley University | 6800 | 20400 | 0.6676 | 712 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | University of Tulsa | 9700 | 63100 | 0.8468 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 4 | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | 10100 | 41500 | 0.7567 | 8,945 | 1099 | 0.975 | |
| 5 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10900 | 27300 | 0.6018 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 6 | Fayetteville State University | 11400 | 18200 | 0.3734 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 7 | University of Illinois Chicago | 12100 | 30200 | 0.5993 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 8 | Fitchburg State University | 12400 | 33800 | 0.6327 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 9 | University of West Florida | 12500 | 50500 | 0.7532 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 10 | Langston University | 12600 | 45400 | 0.7224 | 1,742 | 902 | 0 | |
| 11 | Delta State University | 13000 | 23200 | 0.4403 | 1,876 | 1040 | 1 | |
| 12 | University of North Florida | 13200 | 30500 | 0.5671 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 12 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13200 | 27400 | 0.519 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 14 | Louisiana Tech University | 13300 | 42900 | 0.6899 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 14 | Northern Illinois University | 13300 | 32100 | 0.5856 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 16 | Albany State University | 13400 | 33700 | 0.6029 | 6,154 | 865 | 0.7302 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7774 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 18 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 13800 | 22200 | 0.3792 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 19 | Eastern Michigan University | 14200 | 33900 | 0.5826 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 19 | Salem State University | 14200 | 38300 | 0.6288 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 21 | University of Memphis | 14300 | 29100 | 0.5088 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 22 | Miles College | 14600 | 35100 | 0.5839 | 1,180 | 0 | 1 | |
| 22 | Shawnee State University | 14600 | 33800 | 0.5688 | 3,226 | 1085 | 0.8147 | |
| 22 | University of North Alabama | 14600 | 37300 | 0.6087 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 25 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14800 | 57100 | 0.7404 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 26 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 14900 | 22500 | 0.3374 | 14,434 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 27 | West Virginia University | 15000 | 73100 | 0.7945 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 28 | Central Michigan University | 15400 | 38700 | 0.6019 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 29 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 30 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 15900 | 24700 | 0.3557 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 31 | Nicholls State University | 16000 | 37300 | 0.5716 | 5,518 | 1100 | 0.908 | |
| 32 | Francis Marion University | 16400 | 36100 | 0.5453 | 3,793 | 1015 | 0.9508 | |
| 32 | West Liberty University | 16400 | 53100 | 0.6907 | 1,934 | 1035 | 0.9727 | |
| 34 | Emporia State University | 16600 | 30900 | 0.463 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 34 | Georgia Southern University | 16600 | 49700 | 0.6662 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 36 | Sam Houston State University | 16800 | 30300 | 0.4452 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 37 | Bethel University | 17000 | 48700 | 0.6516 | 2,674 | 970 | 0.6023 | |
| 38 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17200 | 28900 | 0.4054 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 39 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4164 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 39 | Western Connecticut State University | 17500 | 40800 | 0.5706 | 3,567 | 1105 | 0.8701 | |
| 41 | Carson-Newman University | 17700 | 51900 | 0.6592 | 1,912 | 1075 | 0.6381 | |
| 41 | Muhlenberg College | 17700 | 122400 | 0.8555 | 1,737 | 1353 | 0.7199 | |
| 43 | Columbus State University | 17800 | 59500 | 0.7003 | 6,147 | 970 | 0.9907 | |
| 43 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 17800 | 52300 | 0.6594 | 6,790 | 965 | 0.9447 | |
| 45 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17900 | 45800 | 0.6097 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 46 | Bellevue University | 18300 | 41000 | 0.5532 | 11,037 | 0 | 1 | |
| 47 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 18700 | 48900 | 0.6172 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 48 | Olivet Nazarene University | 18800 | 79300 | 0.7634 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 49 | Western Carolina University | 19000 | 20500 | 0.0733 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 50 | University of Arkansas at Monticello | 19300 | 27600 | 0.3005 | 2,457 | 980 | 1 | |
| 51 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 19500 | 30600 | 0.3626 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 52 | Minot State University | 19800 | 23500 | 0.1569 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 53 | Dalton State College | 19900 | 26500 | 0.2495 | 5,135 | 1020 | 0.4343 | |
| 53 | University of Houston | 19900 | 28400 | 0.2996 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 55 | Regis University | 20100 | 67400 | 0.7017 | 2,505 | 1225 | 0.8461 | |
| 55 | Thomas University | 20100 | 30400 | 0.3386 | 1,022 | 1110 | 0.383 | |
| 57 | Thomas More University | 20300 | 82800 | 0.755 | 2,126 | 1180 | 0.9035 | |
| 58 | Midwestern State University | 20400 | 33600 | 0.3933 | 4,303 | 1055 | 0.9347 | |
| 59 | Claflin University | 21000 | 50700 | 0.5859 | 1,731 | 940 | 0.6493 | |
| 59 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 21000 | 24300 | 0.1383 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 59 | West Texas A & M University | 21000 | 29200 | 0.2806 | 7,110 | 1060 | 0.6681 | |
| 62 | SUNY Old Westbury | 21100 | 38000 | 0.4453 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 63 | University of Northern Iowa | 21200 | 24800 | 0.144 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 64 | Texas Southern University | 21400 | 38900 | 0.4499 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 65 | University of Kansas | 21900 | 37600 | 0.4188 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 66 | University of the Incarnate Word | 22000 | 58000 | 0.6205 | 4,651 | 1010 | 0.9947 | |
| 67 | Florida State University | 22200 | 32100 | 0.3082 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 67 | Upper Iowa University | 22200 | 41700 | 0.4671 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 69 | Spring Hill College | 22300 | 41600 | 0.4641 | 630 | 1114 | 0.664 | |
| 70 | Faulkner University | 22500 | 60900 | 0.631 | 1,758 | 1025 | 0.7307 | |
| 70 | Newman University | 22500 | 55800 | 0.5964 | 2,529 | 1069 | 0.7398 | |
| 70 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 70 | Park University | 22500 | 31300 | 0.2816 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 74 | Augsburg University | 23100 | 56200 | 0.5893 | 2,706 | 1065 | 0.95 | |
| 74 | Millikin University | 23100 | 43700 | 0.4709 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 74 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 23100 | 34900 | 0.3385 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 77 | The University of Tennessee Southern | 23200 | 28100 | 0.1731 | 1,012 | 1075 | 0.8671 | |
| 78 | Midland University | 23500 | 64300 | 0.6354 | 1,309 | 1045 | 0.6612 | |
| 79 | Wittenberg University | 23600 | 65400 | 0.639 | 1,012 | 1184 | 0.8046 | |
| 80 | Northern Arizona University | 23900 | 47000 | 0.4928 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 81 | University of Jamestown | 24000 | 34400 | 0.3013 | 1,097 | 1055 | 0.88 | |
| 82 | University of Dayton | 24100 | 64400 | 0.6255 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 83 | Campbellsville University | 24200 | 45100 | 0.4631 | 6,848 | 1075 | 0.7974 | |
| 84 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 24300 | 53800 | 0.5485 | 2,775 | 1105 | 0.9747 | |
| 85 | Augustana College | 24500 | 72800 | 0.6628 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 86 | Fort Hays State University | 24700 | 28500 | 0.1355 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 86 | University of South Florida | 24700 | 36500 | 0.3229 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 88 | Illinois State University | 24800 | 36400 | 0.3193 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 89 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 24900 | 36800 | 0.3235 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 90 | St Catherine University | 25000 | 71900 | 0.6528 | 2,602 | 1148 | 0.9047 | |
| 90 | Texas Wesleyan University | 25000 | 64700 | 0.6132 | 1,796 | 1060 | 0.6916 | |
| 92 | Rogers State University | 25200 | 49700 | 0.4925 | 3,278 | 1025 | 0.6784 | |
| 93 | Le Moyne College | 25300 | 58200 | 0.5656 | 2,494 | 1250 | 0.6782 | |
| 93 | Saint Norbert College | 25300 | 63000 | 0.598 | 1,970 | 1193 | 0.8574 | |
| 93 | The University of Tennessee-Martin | 25300 | 32800 | 0.229 | 7,393 | 1125 | 0.8968 | |
| 96 | Ball State University | 25400 | 25400 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 97 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 25600 | 82600 | 0.6903 | 871 | 985 | 0.8296 | |
| 98 | Lakeland University | 25700 | 56500 | 0.5455 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8652 | |
| 99 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 26100 | 43400 | 0.3983 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 100 | Simpson College | 26300 | 67100 | 0.6084 | 1,235 | 1430 | 0.8622 | |
| 101 | Texas Lutheran University | 26600 | 55400 | 0.5203 | 1,319 | 1140 | 0.9571 | |
| 102 | Oakland University | 26700 | 39600 | 0.3258 | 12,770 | 1039 | 0.8897 | |
| 103 | Valley City State University | 26800 | 29300 | 0.0874 | 1,663 | 1045 | 0.9942 | |
| 104 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 27300 | 37900 | 0.2788 | 4,573 | 1165 | 0.853 | |
| 105 | North Dakota State University | 27400 | 30400 | 0.0976 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 106 | Flagler College | 28100 | 61900 | 0.5456 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 106 | Wayne State University | 28100 | 46800 | 0.3998 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 108 | Caldwell University | 28200 | 59300 | 0.5245 | 1,619 | 1245 | 0.7134 | |
| 108 | University of Virginia's College at Wise | 28200 | 47800 | 0.4095 | 2,209 | 1080 | 0.3697 | |
| 110 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28300 | 41800 | 0.3223 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 111 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 28400 | 69700 | 0.5922 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 112 | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse | 28700 | 31400 | 0.0881 | 9,656 | 1205 | 0.7997 | |
| 113 | Catawba College | 29000 | 55200 | 0.4744 | 1,285 | 1115 | 0.7867 | |
| 114 | Utah Tech University | 29300 | 35200 | 0.1677 | 12,993 | 1065 | 1 | |
| 115 | Morehead State University | 29400 | 31600 | 0.0696 | 7,941 | 1080 | 0.8328 | |
| 116 | Edgewood University | 29700 | 58200 | 0.4894 | 1,236 | 1125 | 0.7498 | |
| 117 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30100 | 78300 | 0.6157 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 118 | Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale | 30700 | 101400 | 0.6971 | 18,904 | 0 | 0.8516 | |
| 118 | Southern Adventist University | 30700 | 49000 | 0.3746 | 2,946 | 1142 | 0.7163 | |
| 120 | Prairie View A & M University | 30800 | 39600 | 0.2221 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 121 | Northern Kentucky University | 31600 | 32100 | 0.0156 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 122 | Hampton University | 31700 | 54800 | 0.4215 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 123 | Central Baptist College | 31800 | 35900 | 0.1132 | 547 | 1035 | 0.6346 | |
| 124 | Villanova University | 32100 | 92900 | 0.6548 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 125 | McKendree University | 32300 | 52900 | 0.39 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 125 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 32300 | 43900 | 0.2643 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 127 | Liberty University | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2729 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 128 | Grand View University | 32700 | 60300 | 0.4575 | 1,500 | 1020 | 0.9909 | |
| 129 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 33000 | 72600 | 0.5451 | 2,836 | 1283 | 0.6711 | |
| 130 | Baylor University | 33500 | 70400 | 0.5244 | 14,183 | 1302 | 0.5222 | |
| 131 | University of Indianapolis | 33700 | 60700 | 0.4442 | 3,394 | 1080 | 0.728 | |
| 132 | DePaul University | 34100 | 69400 | 0.5083 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 132 | Iona University | 34100 | 69900 | 0.5124 | 3,382 | 1214 | 0.8694 | |
| 134 | University of Idaho | 34500 | 48700 | 0.2916 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 135 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 34700 | 46400 | 0.2519 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 136 | Albertus Magnus College | 35300 | 101100 | 0.651 | 1,006 | 955 | 0.5931 | |
| 136 | Mount Mercy University | 35300 | 61200 | 0.4237 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8248 | |
| 136 | Southern New Hampshire University | 35300 | 64600 | 0.4536 | 164,423 | 965 | 0.9951 | |
| 139 | Cedarville University | 35400 | 57000 | 0.3784 | 5,794 | 1232 | 0.6529 | |
| 140 | Texas A&M International University | 35800 | 39400 | 0.0905 | 7,210 | 995 | 0.4437 | |
| 141 | Tennessee Technological University | 36000 | 38500 | 0.0666 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 142 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 143 | East Carolina University | 36600 | 42700 | 0.1421 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 144 | Andrews University | 37100 | 76700 | 0.5161 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 144 | University of West Georgia | 37100 | 47300 | 0.2155 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 146 | Hardin-Simmons University | 37200 | 49700 | 0.2514 | 1,291 | 1110 | 0.862 | |
| 147 | Xavier University | 37600 | 68100 | 0.4481 | 3,744 | 1286 | 0.848 | |
| 148 | University of Central Arkansas | 37700 | 40200 | 0.0637 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 149 | Middle Tennessee State University | 37800 | 48300 | 0.2174 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 150 | Montana Technological University | 37900 | 51500 | 0.2642 | 2,310 | 1124 | 0.9799 | |
| 151 | Oakwood University | 38200 | 43300 | 0.117 | 1,184 | 1005 | 0.4563 | |
| 152 | Loyola University Chicago | 38900 | 73200 | 0.4687 | 12,640 | 1262 | 0.751 | |
| 152 | Mississippi State University | 38900 | 53400 | 0.2726 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 154 | Champlain College | 39500 | 105100 | 0.6243 | 1,514 | 1273 | 0.873 | |
| 155 | Drexel University | 39700 | 86400 | 0.5408 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 156 | Saint Francis University | 39900 | 67300 | 0.407 | 2,567 | 1150 | 0.7682 | |
| 156 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 39900 | 59200 | 0.3258 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 158 | University of Mississippi | 40100 | 45200 | 0.1128 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 159 | University of Maine | 40300 | 42800 | 0.0585 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 160 | Kansas State University | 40900 | 41900 | 0.0239 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 161 | Butler University | 41400 | 68400 | 0.395 | 4,418 | 1269 | 0.8209 | |
| 162 | Rhode Island College | 41600 | 63300 | 0.3427 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 162 | Virginia State University | 41600 | 42800 | 0.028 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 164 | Fairfield University | 41700 | 84400 | 0.5061 | 5,671 | 1345 | 0.2505 | |
| 165 | Old Dominion University | 42300 | 50500 | 0.1624 | 17,504 | 1205 | 0.9135 | |
| 166 | University of Arizona | 42500 | 48600 | 0.1254 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 167 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43200 | 68700 | 0.3719 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 168 | Western Washington University | 43700 | 52400 | 0.1661 | 13,609 | 1199 | 0.9371 | |
| 169 | Georgia Gwinnett College | 43800 | 58100 | 0.2463 | 12,245 | 995 | 0.955 | |
| 170 | Oregon State University | 44800 | 61900 | 0.2766 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 171 | Florida Atlantic University | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 172 | Appalachian State University | 46500 | 46500 | 0 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 173 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 47200 | 57100 | 0.1733 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 174 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 47500 | 47500 | 0 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 175 | University of Delaware | 47700 | 62400 | 0.2365 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 176 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 49200 | 58800 | 0.1628 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 177 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49500 | 58900 | 0.1596 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 178 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50100 | 85400 | 0.4135 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 179 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 50200 | 64400 | 0.2205 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 180 | Binghamton University | 50300 | 52800 | 0.0486 | 14,559 | 1404 | 0.3731 | |
| 181 | Point Loma Nazarene University | 50500 | 72200 | 0.3002 | 3,340 | 1263 | 0.8278 | |
| 182 | University of Georgia | 52000 | 52100 | 0.0019 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 183 | The University of Alabama | 53700 | 58000 | 0.0741 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 184 | Howard University | 55000 | 88500 | 0.3787 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 185 | Michigan Technological University | 55600 | 55600 | 0 | 6,009 | 1247 | 0.8546 | |
| 186 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 84300 | 0.3381 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 187 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 188 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 63600 | 0.0834 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 189 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 64000 | 64000 | 0 | 3,211 | 1243 | 0.9594 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.