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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 | 7000 | 20100 | 0.6513 | 712 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | Northern Kentucky University | 7500 | 26600 | 0.7193 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 4 | Morehead State University | 8300 | 29200 | 0.7168 | 7,941 | 1080 | 0.8328 | |
| 5 | Rhode Island College | 9000 | 62600 | 0.8561 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 6 | University of Tulsa | 9700 | 82000 | 0.8815 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 7 | Fayetteville State University | 11300 | 20300 | 0.4428 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 8 | Florida Atlantic University | 11800 | 25800 | 0.5433 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 9 | Fitchburg State University | 12400 | 34800 | 0.6428 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 9 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29600 | 0.5802 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 11 | Langston University | 12500 | 48100 | 0.7397 | 1,742 | 902 | 0 | |
| 11 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12500 | 28100 | 0.5551 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 13 | Fort Hays State University | 12800 | 19900 | 0.3571 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 14 | Delta State University | 13000 | 23500 | 0.4472 | 1,876 | 1040 | 1 | |
| 15 | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | 13600 | 38400 | 0.6464 | 8,945 | 1099 | 0.975 | |
| 15 | University of Georgia | 13600 | 27200 | 0.4993 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 17 | University of North Alabama | 13700 | 28200 | 0.5145 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 18 | Louisiana Tech University | 13900 | 43500 | 0.6804 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 19 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 14000 | 19000 | 0.2634 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 20 | Eastern Michigan University | 14200 | 33900 | 0.5804 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 21 | Northern Illinois University | 14300 | 28100 | 0.4927 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 21 | University of Memphis | 14300 | 37800 | 0.622 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 23 | University of Virginia's College at Wise | 14400 | 31100 | 0.5392 | 2,209 | 1080 | 0.3697 | |
| 24 | Miles College | 14600 | 35100 | 0.5839 | 1,180 | 0 | 1 | |
| 24 | Shawnee State University | 14600 | 33800 | 0.5688 | 3,226 | 1085 | 0.8147 | |
| 26 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 14900 | 40000 | 0.6275 | 14,434 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 27 | Rogers State University | 15200 | 49200 | 0.6911 | 3,278 | 1025 | 0.6784 | |
| 28 | Central Michigan University | 15400 | 38700 | 0.6019 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 29 | Montana Technological University | 15600 | 29600 | 0.4723 | 2,310 | 1124 | 0.9799 | |
| 29 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 31 | Ball State University | 15700 | 22400 | 0.2995 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 31 | University of Arkansas at Monticello | 15700 | 27600 | 0.4308 | 2,457 | 980 | 1 | |
| 33 | Nicholls State University | 15900 | 36900 | 0.5684 | 5,518 | 1100 | 0.908 | |
| 34 | University of Kansas | 16000 | 34900 | 0.5417 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 35 | Emporia State University | 16100 | 22900 | 0.2971 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 36 | The University of Texas at Austin | 16500 | 28100 | 0.4123 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 36 | University of Arizona | 16500 | 41400 | 0.6016 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 38 | Georgia Southern University | 16700 | 20100 | 0.1687 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 39 | Bethel University | 16900 | 35300 | 0.5207 | 2,674 | 970 | 0.6023 | |
| 40 | Sam Houston State University | 17000 | 27100 | 0.3726 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 40 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17000 | 20700 | 0.1787 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 42 | Middle Tennessee State University | 17200 | 23200 | 0.2587 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 43 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 17500 | 24700 | 0.291 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 44 | Francis Marion University | 17600 | 36100 | 0.5121 | 3,793 | 1015 | 0.9508 | |
| 44 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 17600 | 27400 | 0.3571 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 44 | Western Connecticut State University | 17600 | 42500 | 0.5865 | 3,567 | 1105 | 0.8701 | |
| 47 | Carson-Newman University | 17700 | 51900 | 0.6592 | 1,912 | 1075 | 0.6381 | |
| 47 | Muhlenberg College | 17700 | 122400 | 0.8555 | 1,737 | 1353 | 0.7199 | |
| 49 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 17800 | 52100 | 0.6583 | 6,790 | 965 | 0.9447 | |
| 50 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17900 | 58900 | 0.6966 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 51 | Albany State University | 18000 | 27900 | 0.3549 | 6,154 | 865 | 0.7302 | |
| 52 | Columbus State University | 18100 | 23200 | 0.22 | 6,147 | 970 | 0.9907 | |
| 52 | Western Carolina University | 18100 | 20500 | 0.1172 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 54 | Bellevue University | 18300 | 37300 | 0.509 | 11,037 | 0 | 1 | |
| 55 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 18500 | 65300 | 0.7167 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 56 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 18700 | 71500 | 0.738 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 56 | SUNY Old Westbury | 18700 | 24400 | 0.2339 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 58 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 18800 | 32000 | 0.4129 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 59 | Dalton State College | 19000 | 25900 | 0.2663 | 5,135 | 1020 | 0.4343 | |
| 60 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19300 | 29900 | 0.3538 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 61 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 19600 | 32300 | 0.3934 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 62 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19700 | 79300 | 0.7523 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 63 | Salem State University | 19800 | 39400 | 0.4979 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 64 | Minot State University | 20100 | 23500 | 0.1452 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 64 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 20100 | 32300 | 0.3775 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 66 | Regis University | 20200 | 98700 | 0.7954 | 2,505 | 1225 | 0.8461 | |
| 67 | Thomas More University | 20300 | 83100 | 0.756 | 2,126 | 1180 | 0.9035 | |
| 68 | University of Northern Iowa | 20700 | 24000 | 0.137 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 68 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 20700 | 24300 | 0.1476 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 70 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.1902 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 71 | Claflin University | 21000 | 50100 | 0.5806 | 1,731 | 940 | 0.6493 | |
| 72 | Midwestern State University | 21300 | 38900 | 0.4527 | 4,303 | 1055 | 0.9347 | |
| 73 | Le Moyne College | 21900 | 58200 | 0.6237 | 2,494 | 1250 | 0.6782 | |
| 74 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 22200 | 52300 | 0.5756 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 74 | Upper Iowa University | 22200 | 41700 | 0.4671 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 76 | Spring Hill College | 22300 | 66500 | 0.6643 | 630 | 1114 | 0.664 | |
| 77 | Florida State University | 22400 | 32200 | 0.3047 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 77 | University of Houston | 22400 | 27800 | 0.1944 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 79 | Faulkner University | 22500 | 60900 | 0.631 | 1,758 | 1025 | 0.7307 | |
| 79 | Park University | 22500 | 31300 | 0.2816 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 81 | Newman University | 22800 | 55800 | 0.5917 | 2,529 | 1069 | 0.7398 | |
| 82 | Augsburg University | 23100 | 56200 | 0.5893 | 2,706 | 1065 | 0.95 | |
| 83 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 23300 | 26900 | 0.1338 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 84 | West Texas A & M University | 23400 | 29200 | 0.1985 | 7,110 | 1060 | 0.6681 | |
| 85 | The University of Tennessee Southern | 23500 | 28100 | 0.1633 | 1,012 | 1075 | 0.8671 | |
| 86 | Florida International University | 23700 | 23700 | 0 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 87 | Midland University | 23800 | 64300 | 0.6296 | 1,309 | 1045 | 0.6612 | |
| 87 | Wittenberg University | 23800 | 65400 | 0.6361 | 1,012 | 1184 | 0.8046 | |
| 89 | Northern Arizona University | 23900 | 48800 | 0.5111 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 90 | Thomas University | 24000 | 30400 | 0.2104 | 1,022 | 1110 | 0.383 | |
| 91 | University of Dayton | 24100 | 94000 | 0.7436 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 92 | Texas Wesleyan University | 24200 | 64500 | 0.6247 | 1,796 | 1060 | 0.6916 | |
| 93 | Campbellsville University | 24300 | 45200 | 0.4628 | 6,848 | 1075 | 0.7974 | |
| 93 | Miami University-Oxford | 24300 | 28300 | 0.1413 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 95 | Augustana College | 24700 | 72800 | 0.6602 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 96 | Eastern Kentucky University | 24800 | 38400 | 0.3545 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 97 | Tennessee Technological University | 24900 | 33700 | 0.2612 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 98 | St Catherine University | 25100 | 71900 | 0.6503 | 2,602 | 1148 | 0.9047 | |
| 99 | The University of Tennessee-Martin | 25300 | 32000 | 0.2097 | 7,393 | 1125 | 0.8968 | |
| 100 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 25500 | 53800 | 0.5262 | 2,775 | 1105 | 0.9747 | |
| 101 | Millikin University | 25600 | 43700 | 0.4136 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 102 | Binghamton University | 25700 | 32700 | 0.2159 | 14,559 | 1404 | 0.3731 | |
| 102 | Simpson College | 25700 | 67100 | 0.6174 | 1,235 | 1430 | 0.8622 | |
| 104 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5426 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8652 | |
| 105 | University of West Florida | 26000 | 37400 | 0.3044 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 106 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 26100 | 64700 | 0.5969 | 871 | 985 | 0.8296 | |
| 107 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26300 | 36800 | 0.2855 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 107 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 26300 | 57000 | 0.5385 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 109 | Oakland University | 26700 | 39300 | 0.3203 | 12,770 | 1039 | 0.8897 | |
| 110 | Texas Lutheran University | 26800 | 55400 | 0.5175 | 1,319 | 1140 | 0.9571 | |
| 111 | University of Central Arkansas | 26900 | 31200 | 0.1373 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 112 | Saint Norbert College | 27000 | 63000 | 0.571 | 1,970 | 1193 | 0.8574 | |
| 112 | Valley City State University | 27000 | 29300 | 0.0781 | 1,663 | 1045 | 0.9942 | |
| 114 | West Liberty University | 27100 | 39600 | 0.3155 | 1,934 | 1035 | 0.9727 | |
| 115 | West Virginia University | 27200 | 51100 | 0.468 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 116 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 27400 | 37900 | 0.2778 | 4,573 | 1165 | 0.853 | |
| 116 | University of Jamestown | 27400 | 34400 | 0.2035 | 1,097 | 1055 | 0.88 | |
| 118 | Wayne State University | 28100 | 46800 | 0.3998 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 119 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28300 | 41800 | 0.3223 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 120 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 28400 | 72700 | 0.6093 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 121 | Flagler College | 28700 | 60700 | 0.5271 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 122 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2153 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 123 | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse | 28900 | 31400 | 0.0793 | 9,656 | 1205 | 0.7997 | |
| 124 | Catawba College | 29100 | 55200 | 0.4719 | 1,285 | 1115 | 0.7867 | |
| 125 | University of South Florida | 29600 | 36700 | 0.1934 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 126 | Southern Adventist University | 29700 | 46900 | 0.3666 | 2,946 | 1142 | 0.7163 | |
| 127 | Edgewood University | 29800 | 57600 | 0.4825 | 1,236 | 1125 | 0.7498 | |
| 128 | University of West Georgia | 30100 | 46800 | 0.3568 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 129 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30300 | 78200 | 0.6122 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 130 | University of North Florida | 30400 | 30500 | 0.0033 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 131 | Utah Tech University | 30800 | 35200 | 0.125 | 12,993 | 1065 | 1 | |
| 132 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 133 | Central Baptist College | 32100 | 35900 | 0.1056 | 547 | 1035 | 0.6346 | |
| 133 | Villanova University | 32100 | 114000 | 0.7185 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 135 | Grand View University | 32300 | 58100 | 0.444 | 1,500 | 1020 | 0.9909 | |
| 136 | McKendree University | 32500 | 52900 | 0.3848 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 137 | Prairie View A & M University | 32600 | 39600 | 0.1767 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 138 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 33000 | 72600 | 0.5451 | 2,836 | 1283 | 0.6711 | |
| 139 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44700 | 0.2573 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 140 | Baylor University | 33500 | 70400 | 0.5244 | 14,183 | 1302 | 0.5222 | |
| 141 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 34000 | 47000 | 0.2767 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 141 | University of Indianapolis | 34000 | 60700 | 0.4397 | 3,394 | 1080 | 0.728 | |
| 141 | University of the Incarnate Word | 34000 | 55300 | 0.3855 | 4,651 | 1010 | 0.9947 | |
| 144 | Caldwell University | 34200 | 59300 | 0.4233 | 1,619 | 1245 | 0.7134 | |
| 145 | Texas Southern University | 34500 | 42500 | 0.1883 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 146 | Southern New Hampshire University | 34700 | 43300 | 0.1985 | 164,423 | 965 | 0.9951 | |
| 147 | University of Idaho | 34800 | 48700 | 0.2854 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 148 | Albertus Magnus College | 35200 | 73400 | 0.5203 | 1,006 | 955 | 0.5931 | |
| 149 | Mount Mercy University | 35400 | 61200 | 0.4216 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8248 | |
| 150 | Cedarville University | 35700 | 57000 | 0.3736 | 5,794 | 1232 | 0.6529 | |
| 151 | Texas A&M International University | 36100 | 39400 | 0.0835 | 7,210 | 995 | 0.4437 | |
| 152 | Georgia Gwinnett College | 36400 | 38300 | 0.0495 | 12,245 | 995 | 0.955 | |
| 153 | East Carolina University | 36900 | 42700 | 0.1356 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 154 | Andrews University | 37200 | 76700 | 0.5148 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 155 | Hardin-Simmons University | 37300 | 49700 | 0.2496 | 1,291 | 1110 | 0.862 | |
| 156 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 37400 | 63100 | 0.407 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 157 | Xavier University | 37500 | 107200 | 0.6501 | 3,744 | 1286 | 0.848 | |
| 158 | DePaul University | 37700 | 66400 | 0.432 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 159 | Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale | 38400 | 62000 | 0.3809 | 18,904 | 0 | 0.8516 | |
| 160 | Oakwood University | 38500 | 43300 | 0.1107 | 1,184 | 1005 | 0.4563 | |
| 161 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2675 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 162 | Drexel University | 39600 | 107600 | 0.6318 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 163 | Saint Francis University | 39900 | 81500 | 0.5104 | 2,567 | 1150 | 0.7682 | |
| 164 | University of Mississippi | 40100 | 60300 | 0.3349 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 165 | University of Maine | 40300 | 56000 | 0.2805 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 166 | Kansas State University | 40600 | 41600 | 0.024 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 167 | Butler University | 41400 | 67900 | 0.3904 | 4,418 | 1269 | 0.8209 | |
| 168 | Iona University | 41500 | 69900 | 0.4065 | 3,382 | 1214 | 0.8694 | |
| 169 | Virginia State University | 41600 | 42800 | 0.028 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 170 | Fairfield University | 41700 | 84300 | 0.5051 | 5,671 | 1345 | 0.2505 | |
| 171 | Old Dominion University | 42300 | 50500 | 0.1624 | 17,504 | 1205 | 0.9135 | |
| 172 | Western Washington University | 42700 | 51300 | 0.1675 | 13,609 | 1199 | 0.9371 | |
| 173 | Loyola University Chicago | 42900 | 73100 | 0.4129 | 12,640 | 1262 | 0.751 | |
| 174 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68700 | 0.3679 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 175 | Illinois State University | 43800 | 49100 | 0.1078 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 176 | Appalachian State University | 46100 | 46100 | 0 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 177 | University of Delaware | 47700 | 62000 | 0.2314 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 178 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48400 | 57000 | 0.151 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 179 | Champlain College | 48800 | 76000 | 0.3581 | 1,514 | 1273 | 0.873 | |
| 180 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 50400 | 72700 | 0.3067 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 180 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50400 | 95600 | 0.473 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 182 | Point Loma Nazarene University | 50500 | 85000 | 0.4058 | 3,340 | 1263 | 0.8278 | |
| 182 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 50500 | 58800 | 0.1411 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 184 | The University of Alabama | 53700 | 66500 | 0.1925 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 185 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 63400 | 0.1199 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 186 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 63500 | 0.0819 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 187 | Howard University | 59900 | 67300 | 0.1099 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 188 | Michigan Technological University | 60600 | 76100 | 0.2037 | 6,009 | 1247 | 0.8546 | |
| 189 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 3,211 | 1243 | 0.9594 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.