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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 and Lee University | 6700 | 87100 | 0.9232 | 1,886 | 1488 | 0.1397 | |
2 | Northern Illinois University | 11900 | 29000 | 0.5885 | 11,339 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
3 | Brigham Young University | 12300 | 29000 | 0.5755 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
4 | Boston University | 12400 | 88800 | 0.8608 | 18,310 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
4 | Northern Kentucky University | 12400 | 25900 | 0.5221 | 10,162 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
6 | Eastern Illinois University | 12500 | 24500 | 0.4887 | 6,785 | 1020 | 0.6535 | |
7 | Texas State University | 13200 | 23200 | 0.4313 | 36,613 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
8 | Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville | 13700 | 41100 | 0.6673 | 8,975 | 1045 | 0.9721 | |
9 | Mississippi Valley State University | 13800 | 22600 | 0.3893 | 2,005 | 865 | 0.5116 | |
10 | University of Idaho | 13900 | 26400 | 0.4731 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
11 | Texas Tech University | 14100 | 27000 | 0.4776 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
11 | University of Houston | 14100 | 23600 | 0.4031 | 42,050 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
13 | Central Michigan University | 14800 | 40600 | 0.6356 | 10,208 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
14 | California State University-Long Beach | 15100 | 25800 | 0.4148 | 36,021 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
15 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15600 | 24800 | 0.3704 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
16 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 16300 | 25700 | 0.3657 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
17 | Ferris State University | 16600 | 31000 | 0.4652 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
18 | University of Georgia | 16700 | 27100 | 0.3831 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
19 | Central Washington University | 16800 | 22700 | 0.2596 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
19 | Illinois State University | 16800 | 29300 | 0.4269 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
21 | Georgia Southern University | 17700 | 23800 | 0.2567 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
22 | Morgan State University | 17900 | 19700 | 0.0915 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
23 | Eastern Michigan University | 18100 | 36100 | 0.4971 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
24 | University of Southern California | 18800 | 76000 | 0.7526 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
25 | Lee University | 19100 | 37100 | 0.4846 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
26 | Loras College | 19200 | 56900 | 0.6623 | 1,169 | 1110 | 0.1854 | |
26 | University of Northern Iowa | 19200 | 24000 | 0.2011 | 7,715 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
28 | Iowa State University | 19300 | 24200 | 0.2016 | 25,261 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
28 | Wayne State University | 19300 | 32300 | 0.403 | 15,371 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
30 | Western Kentucky University | 19400 | 26800 | 0.2736 | 14,017 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
31 | Cleveland State University | 19500 | 37300 | 0.4775 | 9,410 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
32 | The University of Texas at Austin | 19900 | 26900 | 0.2601 | 43,718 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
33 | Murray State University | 20500 | 25100 | 0.1814 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
34 | Olivet Nazarene University | 20700 | 88800 | 0.7674 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
35 | University of Central Missouri | 21300 | 33200 | 0.3569 | 7,343 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
36 | University of Miami | 21500 | 70800 | 0.6967 | 13,221 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
37 | Freed-Hardeman University | 21600 | 35100 | 0.385 | 1,878 | 1180 | 0.9061 | |
38 | Lewis University | 22000 | 57000 | 0.6142 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
39 | Colorado Christian University | 22200 | 63300 | 0.6491 | 6,730 | 1110 | 0.8328 | |
39 | University of Memphis | 22200 | 30000 | 0.2604 | 15,768 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
41 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 22400 | 56500 | 0.6039 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
42 | Saint Ambrose University | 22700 | 54500 | 0.5836 | 1,937 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
43 | Monmouth College | 22800 | 61400 | 0.6295 | 727 | 1150 | 0.866 | |
44 | Eastern Kentucky University | 22900 | 38000 | 0.3969 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
44 | Syracuse University | 22900 | 83100 | 0.7244 | 15,955 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
46 | Averett University | 23100 | 57200 | 0.5965 | 1,180 | 1010 | 0.478 | |
47 | Oral Roberts University | 23300 | 55600 | 0.58 | 5,017 | 1139 | 0.989 | |
48 | Utica University | 23400 | 57900 | 0.5961 | 2,330 | 1120 | 0.8679 | |
49 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 23800 | 26600 | 0.1062 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
50 | Northern Michigan University | 24200 | 32900 | 0.2648 | 6,511 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
51 | South Dakota State University | 24300 | 25300 | 0.0396 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
52 | Dominican University | 24400 | 55500 | 0.5604 | 2,570 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
53 | Dordt University | 24800 | 52300 | 0.5256 | 1,695 | 1195 | 0.7116 | |
54 | Walla Walla University | 25000 | 51100 | 0.51 | 1,238 | 1159 | 0.604 | |
55 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25400 | 36500 | 0.3038 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
56 | Otterbein University | 25700 | 65800 | 0.6092 | 2,211 | 1114 | 0.8452 | |
57 | Point Park University | 26100 | 56800 | 0.5409 | 2,326 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
58 | Hood College | 26700 | 71400 | 0.6266 | 1,198 | 1055 | 0.7777 | |
58 | Webster University | 26700 | 54300 | 0.5079 | 2,090 | 1105 | 0.9594 | |
60 | Winthrop University | 26800 | 29600 | 0.0944 | 3,969 | 1130 | 0.7925 | |
61 | Capital University | 26900 | 68600 | 0.608 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
62 | American University | 27900 | 82000 | 0.6599 | 7,476 | 1372 | 0.6187 | |
63 | Keene State College | 28200 | 40700 | 0.307 | 2,719 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
63 | Lipscomb University | 28200 | 57600 | 0.5104 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
63 | Mercy University | 28200 | 44500 | 0.3664 | 6,769 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
63 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28200 | 31500 | 0.1048 | 11,127 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
67 | Southern Adventist University | 28300 | 44900 | 0.3694 | 2,827 | 1125 | 0.6661 | |
68 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 28600 | 53300 | 0.4624 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
69 | Salem State University | 29000 | 38900 | 0.2542 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
70 | Huntington University | 29100 | 44300 | 0.3434 | 1,286 | 1095 | 0.7115 | |
70 | Westminster College | 29100 | 57500 | 0.4936 | 1,092 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
72 | Southern Methodist University | 29300 | 81700 | 0.6416 | 7,285 | 1423 | 0.6335 | |
73 | Mississippi College | 29500 | 45400 | 0.349 | 2,724 | 1110 | 0.4928 | |
74 | Gannon University | 29800 | 45300 | 0.3422 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
75 | San Jose State University | 29900 | 41000 | 0.2705 | 27,902 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
76 | Columbia College Chicago | 30000 | 60600 | 0.5053 | 5,417 | 0 | 0.7549 | |
76 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
78 | SUNY at Fredonia | 30400 | 39600 | 0.2326 | 2,839 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
79 | University of Rhode Island | 30600 | 46700 | 0.3447 | 14,296 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
80 | Rider University | 30900 | 64300 | 0.5193 | 3,183 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
81 | Harding University | 31000 | 43800 | 0.2928 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
81 | Palm Beach Atlantic University | 31000 | 64500 | 0.5204 | 3,094 | 1105 | 0.8832 | |
83 | State University of New York at Oswego | 31300 | 38300 | 0.1825 | 5,515 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
84 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 31400 | 34700 | 0.095 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
85 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 32000 | 44800 | 0.2857 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
86 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32400 | 38500 | 0.1585 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
87 | Rockhurst University | 32500 | 62500 | 0.4799 | 2,293 | 1124 | 0.7089 | |
88 | Appalachian State University | 33000 | 35800 | 0.0782 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
89 | Drake University | 33600 | 68500 | 0.5095 | 2,585 | 1226 | 0.6385 | |
89 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 54600 | 0.3849 | 1,901 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
91 | Taylor University | 33800 | 57600 | 0.4136 | 2,503 | 1235 | 0.7353 | |
92 | Montana State University Billings | 33900 | 34600 | 0.0202 | 3,875 | 1035 | 0.9991 | |
93 | Auburn University | 34400 | 34400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
94 | Mount Mercy University | 35100 | 61200 | 0.4257 | 1,185 | 1075 | 0.7876 | |
95 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35200 | 47300 | 0.2557 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
96 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 38400 | 53300 | 0.2795 | 1,044 | 1095 | 0.7209 | |
97 | Xavier University | 38500 | 67500 | 0.4297 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
98 | Seton Hall University | 39800 | 67400 | 0.4093 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
99 | Temple University | 40000 | 56100 | 0.2869 | 20,786 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
100 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 40600 | 53900 | 0.2467 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
101 | Hofstra University | 41400 | 74600 | 0.4449 | 6,578 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
101 | York College of Pennsylvania | 41400 | 41400 | 0 | 3,308 | 1135 | 0.942 | |
103 | Quinnipiac University | 41800 | 79200 | 0.4721 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
104 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,177 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
105 | University of Florida | 43000 | 45600 | 0.057 | 38,113 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
106 | Marquette University | 45100 | 75100 | 0.3996 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
107 | The University of Alabama | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 35,413 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
108 | Washington State University | 49900 | 53900 | 0.0748 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
109 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 51700 | 51700 | 0 | 34,656 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
110 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
111 | University of Oregon | 58600 | 68900 | 0.1499 | 20,509 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
112 | Gonzaga University | 73200 | 73200 | 0 | 5,247 | 1303 | 0.8169 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.