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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 Connecticut | 0 | 33200 | 1 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
1 | Utah State University | 0 | 30000 | 1 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
3 | Rice University | 4300 | 85500 | 0.9496 | 4,788 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
4 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 4800 | 86800 | 0.9444 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
5 | Northeastern University Professional Programs | 5300 | 53000 | 0.8997 | 2,525 | 0 | 0 | |
6 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9100 | 30500 | 0.7015 | 3,207 | 1050 | 0.8034 | |
7 | Arkansas Tech University | 9800 | 22900 | 0.5715 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
8 | University of Notre Dame | 10100 | 86100 | 0.8826 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
9 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 10400 | 27200 | 0.6184 | 32,499 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
10 | University of Pennsylvania | 10800 | 93000 | 0.884 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
11 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 30900 | 0.6273 | 6,942 | 1055 | 0.9437 | |
12 | Emory University | 12100 | 90100 | 0.8657 | 7,407 | 1499 | 0.1029 | |
13 | Northern Illinois University | 12300 | 29000 | 0.574 | 11,339 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
14 | Brigham Young University | 12400 | 29000 | 0.572 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
15 | Eastern Illinois University | 12700 | 24500 | 0.4811 | 6,785 | 1020 | 0.6535 | |
16 | Georgetown University | 13700 | 92200 | 0.8515 | 7,776 | 1457 | 0.1291 | |
17 | Wake Forest University | 14300 | 88400 | 0.8378 | 5,471 | 1457 | 0.2156 | |
18 | Saginaw Valley State University | 14400 | 28600 | 0.4949 | 6,130 | 1050 | 0.7207 | |
19 | University of North Texas | 14500 | 25400 | 0.4298 | 37,529 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
20 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14800 | 28100 | 0.4733 | 8,526 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
21 | Grand Valley State University | 15500 | 25300 | 0.3878 | 18,962 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
21 | New York University | 15500 | 91800 | 0.8309 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
21 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15500 | 24800 | 0.3744 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
24 | Trinity University | 15700 | 64800 | 0.7579 | 2,518 | 1402 | 0.2592 | |
25 | Troy University | 15900 | 26700 | 0.4044 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
26 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 16600 | 78300 | 0.7881 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
27 | Arkansas State University | 16800 | 28100 | 0.4023 | 9,984 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
28 | University of Kansas | 16900 | 34900 | 0.5162 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
29 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 17200 | 27200 | 0.3671 | 41,678 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
30 | Illinois State University | 17300 | 29300 | 0.4108 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
31 | Holy Family University | 17400 | 54000 | 0.6774 | 2,638 | 1030 | 0.7104 | |
32 | Lewis-Clark State College | 17500 | 24400 | 0.2827 | 3,793 | 1010 | 0.9407 | |
33 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 17700 | 29800 | 0.4067 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
34 | Bucknell University | 17800 | 88400 | 0.7984 | 3,915 | 1284 | 0.2893 | |
35 | Quincy University | 18300 | 63000 | 0.7099 | 1,069 | 1115 | 0.5093 | |
36 | Illinois College | 18900 | 52300 | 0.6381 | 940 | 1054 | 0.7819 | |
37 | University of Southern California | 19000 | 76000 | 0.7499 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
38 | Lee University | 19600 | 37100 | 0.4711 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
39 | Farmingdale State College | 19900 | 23000 | 0.1346 | 10,006 | 1145 | 0.6329 | |
40 | Piedmont University | 20000 | 47200 | 0.5763 | 1,159 | 1130 | 0.9328 | |
40 | University of Wyoming | 20000 | 26700 | 0.2527 | 8,045 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
42 | George Mason University | 20200 | 33500 | 0.3971 | 28,292 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
42 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20200 | 38800 | 0.4804 | 40,978 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
44 | Texas Wesleyan University | 20500 | 69500 | 0.7053 | 1,910 | 1045 | 0.6239 | |
45 | University of Northern Iowa | 20900 | 24000 | 0.1314 | 7,715 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
45 | University of St Francis | 20900 | 56000 | 0.6266 | 1,338 | 1030 | 0.653 | |
47 | Felician University | 21200 | 58700 | 0.639 | 1,870 | 1005 | 0.9511 | |
48 | Bradley University | 21900 | 48300 | 0.5458 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
49 | Sterling College | 22100 | 53600 | 0.5875 | 670 | 1090 | 0.8916 | |
50 | Saint Norbert College | 22300 | 62300 | 0.6421 | 1,920 | 1193 | 0.8574 | |
51 | Lewis University | 22700 | 57000 | 0.6019 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
52 | University of Illinois Chicago | 22800 | 30300 | 0.2473 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
53 | Manchester University | 22900 | 54200 | 0.5772 | 915 | 1044 | 0.913 | |
53 | University of South Dakota | 22900 | 26000 | 0.1213 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
55 | Ouachita Baptist University | 23000 | 52200 | 0.5599 | 1,729 | 1209 | 0.6752 | |
55 | Saint Ambrose University | 23000 | 54500 | 0.578 | 1,937 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
57 | Averett University | 23200 | 57200 | 0.5947 | 1,180 | 1010 | 0.478 | |
58 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23300 | 33600 | 0.3067 | 70,646 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
59 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 23600 | 24500 | 0.0367 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
59 | Oral Roberts University | 23600 | 55600 | 0.5751 | 5,017 | 1139 | 0.989 | |
59 | University of Rochester | 23600 | 93100 | 0.7467 | 6,554 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
62 | Hamline University | 23800 | 56500 | 0.5783 | 1,716 | 1145 | 0.8983 | |
63 | La Roche University | 24100 | 55400 | 0.5652 | 1,986 | 1150 | 0.7761 | |
64 | McKendree University | 24400 | 55600 | 0.5603 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
65 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 24500 | 26600 | 0.0809 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
66 | Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | 24600 | 46200 | 0.4671 | 1,041 | 1040 | 0.5686 | |
67 | Iowa State University | 24800 | 41400 | 0.4012 | 25,261 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
68 | New Jersey City University | 25000 | 39800 | 0.3722 | 4,209 | 1015 | 0.8918 | |
69 | Boston College | 25100 | 94600 | 0.7347 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
70 | La Salle University | 25200 | 73900 | 0.6587 | 2,675 | 1005 | 0.9552 | |
71 | Ball State University | 25400 | 25900 | 0.0193 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
72 | Northwood University | 25800 | 54500 | 0.5271 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
73 | Otterbein University | 25900 | 65800 | 0.6062 | 2,211 | 1114 | 0.8452 | |
74 | Roosevelt University | 26200 | 43300 | 0.3955 | 2,605 | 1015 | 0.9427 | |
75 | Benedictine University | 26500 | 48900 | 0.4581 | 1,970 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
75 | University of Arkansas | 26500 | 30800 | 0.1383 | 28,855 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
77 | Indiana State University | 26600 | 30900 | 0.1393 | 6,118 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
78 | Cornell College | 26700 | 72200 | 0.6306 | 1,037 | 1243 | 0.8066 | |
78 | University of North Alabama | 26700 | 41500 | 0.3568 | 8,076 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
80 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27000 | 41900 | 0.3555 | 43,729 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
81 | Creighton University | 27200 | 56600 | 0.5195 | 4,616 | 1328 | 0.7975 | |
82 | Washburn University | 27900 | 38100 | 0.2678 | 5,051 | 1015 | 1 | |
83 | Southern Adventist University | 29000 | 44900 | 0.3544 | 2,827 | 1125 | 0.6661 | |
84 | Salem State University | 29200 | 38900 | 0.2491 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
85 | Bridgewater State University | 29300 | 37000 | 0.2058 | 8,172 | 1135 | 0.8919 | |
85 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 29300 | 36500 | 0.1974 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
87 | William Peace University | 29400 | 50200 | 0.4143 | 719 | 1170 | 0.9425 | |
88 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 29700 | 51100 | 0.419 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
89 | Southern Methodist University | 29800 | 81700 | 0.6355 | 7,285 | 1423 | 0.6335 | |
90 | Jacksonville University | 30000 | 66200 | 0.5471 | 2,946 | 1195 | 0.5696 | |
90 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
92 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 30200 | 41800 | 0.2776 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
93 | Ohio Northern University | 30400 | 61100 | 0.5031 | 2,592 | 1289 | 0.7335 | |
93 | Oregon State University | 30400 | 35000 | 0.1313 | 31,146 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
95 | University of Houston | 30600 | 35200 | 0.1308 | 42,050 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
96 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 30800 | 45200 | 0.3187 | 620 | 1115 | 0.9664 | |
97 | Rider University | 31300 | 64300 | 0.5131 | 3,183 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
98 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 31400 | 36700 | 0.1444 | 5,789 | 1115 | 0.5774 | |
99 | University of Scranton | 32200 | 76300 | 0.5773 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.812 | |
100 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 32700 | 40200 | 0.1867 | 464 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
101 | California Lutheran University | 32800 | 65800 | 0.5011 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
102 | Hardin-Simmons University | 33400 | 49700 | 0.328 | 1,283 | 1080 | 0.9653 | |
103 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 33500 | 40900 | 0.1811 | 1,214 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
104 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
104 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 33700 | 35100 | 0.0399 | 34,656 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
106 | Drake University | 33800 | 68500 | 0.5071 | 2,585 | 1226 | 0.6385 | |
107 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54600 | 0.3772 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
107 | Valparaiso University | 34000 | 62700 | 0.4572 | 2,123 | 1247 | 0.8934 | |
109 | Auburn University | 34400 | 34400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
110 | DePaul University | 34800 | 56200 | 0.3809 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
111 | University of Montevallo | 35700 | 46700 | 0.2355 | 2,509 | 1124 | 0.5579 | |
112 | University of Southern Maine | 35800 | 37100 | 0.035 | 5,460 | 1129 | 0.7931 | |
113 | Chaminade University of Honolulu | 36100 | 56300 | 0.3586 | 1,816 | 1055 | 0.5187 | |
114 | University of Central Arkansas | 36200 | 38400 | 0.0562 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
115 | Florida International University | 36300 | 36800 | 0.0136 | 56,786 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
116 | Ashland University | 36400 | 52700 | 0.3091 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
117 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 36700 | 38100 | 0.0367 | 2,834 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
118 | Cumberland University | 36800 | 45000 | 0.1813 | 2,652 | 1125 | 0.67 | |
119 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37100 | 62000 | 0.4017 | 30,962 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
120 | Seattle University | 37400 | 69800 | 0.464 | 4,103 | 1256 | 0.7703 | |
121 | Belmont University | 38400 | 67800 | 0.4337 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
122 | Xavier University | 38500 | 67500 | 0.4297 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
123 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39400 | 39400 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
124 | Pace University | 39700 | 74100 | 0.464 | 8,019 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
124 | University of Portland | 39700 | 71700 | 0.4462 | 2,980 | 1277 | 0.8917 | |
126 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 39900 | 45400 | 0.1211 | 494 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
127 | University of California-San Diego | 40000 | 61100 | 0.3455 | 34,808 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
128 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 11,356 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
129 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 3,988 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
130 | Manhattan University | 41200 | 71700 | 0.4252 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
131 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 41300 | 41300 | 0 | 3,196 | 1224 | 0.9683 | |
132 | York College of Pennsylvania | 41400 | 41400 | 0 | 3,308 | 1135 | 0.942 | |
133 | Hofstra University | 41500 | 74600 | 0.4435 | 6,578 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
134 | Saint Joseph's University | 42200 | 74500 | 0.4335 | 4,828 | 1234 | 0.8639 | |
135 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,177 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
136 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42500 | 52900 | 0.1966 | 30,994 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
137 | Mercyhurst University | 42800 | 66400 | 0.3556 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
138 | University of Florida | 43300 | 45600 | 0.0504 | 38,113 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
139 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 43400 | 50300 | 0.1372 | 33,626 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
140 | Western Washington University | 45000 | 50900 | 0.1158 | 13,581 | 1218 | 0.9325 | |
141 | Duquesne University | 45300 | 70500 | 0.3568 | 5,371 | 1269 | 0.8356 | |
142 | Saint Louis University | 45900 | 74500 | 0.384 | 10,390 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
143 | Bryant University | 46300 | 73800 | 0.3727 | 3,200 | 1265 | 0.6546 | |
144 | University of California-Merced | 48100 | 52300 | 0.0803 | 8,161 | 1070 | 0.9152 | |
145 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 48600 | 64400 | 0.2454 | 14,657 | 1180 | 0.8368 | |
146 | Drexel University | 48700 | 82600 | 0.4103 | 12,896 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
147 | The University of Alabama | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 35,413 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
148 | University of Iowa | 51000 | 53200 | 0.0405 | 22,473 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
149 | University of Utah | 51500 | 53700 | 0.0401 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
150 | William Paterson University of New Jersey | 51700 | 57000 | 0.093 | 6,546 | 1153 | 0.9252 | |
151 | University of Washington-Bothell Campus | 54900 | 74600 | 0.264 | 5,460 | 1214 | 0.906 | |
152 | University of California-Davis | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 31,082 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
153 | Loyola Marymount University | 65000 | 94300 | 0.3106 | 7,273 | 1353 | 0.4508 | |
154 | Elon University | 66100 | 67300 | 0.0178 | 6,452 | 1244 | 0.6635 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.