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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 | Johns Hopkins University | 2700 | 91800 | 0.9709 | 6,354 | 1554 | 0.0611 | |
| 2 | University of Michigan-Flint | 5000 | 44000 | 0.8868 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 3 | California State University-Los Angeles | 5100 | 69100 | 0.9266 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 4 | Northwestern University | 6600 | 88300 | 0.9254 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 5 | California State University-Northridge | 8100 | 65100 | 0.8757 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 6 | Morehead State University | 8300 | 29200 | 0.7168 | 7,941 | 1080 | 0.8328 | |
| 7 | Emory University | 8400 | 96200 | 0.9129 | 7,320 | 1499 | 0.103 | |
| 8 | Rhode Island College | 9000 | 62600 | 0.8561 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 9 | Idaho State University | 9400 | 23500 | 0.6008 | 10,834 | 0 | 0.8396 | |
| 10 | Western Kentucky University | 10300 | 30200 | 0.6594 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 11 | University of Central Florida | 10500 | 25300 | 0.5856 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 12 | Marshall University | 11100 | 27800 | 0.6002 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 13 | Arkansas State University | 11500 | 31800 | 0.6384 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 14 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11600 | 27800 | 0.582 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 15 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11800 | 22900 | 0.4856 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 16 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12500 | 28100 | 0.5551 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 17 | Boston University | 13000 | 114300 | 0.8861 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 18 | San Francisco State University | 13200 | 47700 | 0.7235 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 19 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 13300 | 52800 | 0.7484 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 20 | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | 13600 | 38400 | 0.6464 | 8,945 | 1099 | 0.975 | |
| 21 | University of Houston | 13800 | 21800 | 0.3669 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 22 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 14100 | 26600 | 0.4691 | 782 | 1020 | 0.8202 | |
| 22 | Youngstown State University | 14100 | 28400 | 0.5033 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 24 | Northern Illinois University | 14300 | 28100 | 0.4927 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 25 | Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | 14500 | 41700 | 0.6519 | 828 | 1070 | 0.9131 | |
| 25 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14500 | 28600 | 0.4937 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 27 | Colorado Mesa University | 14800 | 66200 | 0.7759 | 9,459 | 1050 | 0.8314 | |
| 27 | Troy University | 14800 | 39100 | 0.6211 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 29 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 15000 | 31600 | 0.5259 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 30 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 15200 | 25700 | 0.4085 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 30 | Rogers State University | 15200 | 49200 | 0.6911 | 3,278 | 1025 | 0.6784 | |
| 32 | California State University-Chico | 15300 | 58100 | 0.7366 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 32 | University of Mississippi | 15300 | 37400 | 0.5911 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 34 | Central Michigan University | 15400 | 38700 | 0.6019 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 35 | Avila University | 15500 | 64300 | 0.7594 | 1,538 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 36 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 36 | Texas State University | 15600 | 26200 | 0.4043 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 38 | University of Arkansas-Fort Smith | 15700 | 29300 | 0.4664 | 5,467 | 1035 | 0.7041 | |
| 38 | University of Central Missouri | 15700 | 26600 | 0.4094 | 10,397 | 1055 | 0.7439 | |
| 40 | Sam Houston State University | 15800 | 30100 | 0.4751 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 41 | Goshen College | 16500 | 55900 | 0.7052 | 738 | 995 | 0.8342 | |
| 41 | McNeese State University | 16500 | 27800 | 0.4068 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 43 | California State University-Long Beach | 16600 | 33300 | 0.5016 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 44 | Georgia Southern University | 16700 | 20100 | 0.1687 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 45 | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse | 17200 | 21300 | 0.1948 | 9,656 | 1205 | 0.7997 | |
| 46 | University of St Francis | 17300 | 57200 | 0.6975 | 1,416 | 1030 | 0.6528 | |
| 46 | Vermont State University | 17300 | 26900 | 0.3562 | 4,087 | 960 | 0.8323 | |
| 48 | University of Miami | 17400 | 96300 | 0.8194 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 49 | University of Kentucky | 17500 | 46800 | 0.6264 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 50 | Augusta University | 17600 | 62500 | 0.7187 | 6,102 | 1065 | 0.6276 | |
| 50 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 17600 | 33300 | 0.4715 | 1,094 | 1109 | 0.8917 | |
| 52 | University of South Alabama | 17700 | 40600 | 0.5635 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 53 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 17800 | 22200 | 0.1986 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 54 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17900 | 58900 | 0.6966 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 55 | Austin Peay State University | 18100 | 31600 | 0.4279 | 9,593 | 1075 | 0.9691 | |
| 55 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 18100 | 68100 | 0.7344 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 55 | Western Carolina University | 18100 | 20500 | 0.1172 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 58 | Lewis-Clark State College | 18200 | 23500 | 0.2251 | 4,015 | 990 | 0.9964 | |
| 59 | Holy Family University | 18300 | 69900 | 0.738 | 2,808 | 975 | 0.7456 | |
| 60 | La Roche University | 18500 | 87300 | 0.7883 | 1,972 | 990 | 0.6638 | |
| 60 | San Diego State University | 18500 | 28900 | 0.3599 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 62 | University of Mary | 18600 | 32600 | 0.4281 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 63 | California State University-Fullerton | 18700 | 61400 | 0.6952 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 63 | San Jose State University | 18700 | 41100 | 0.5452 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 65 | Quincy University | 18900 | 57900 | 0.6733 | 1,096 | 1115 | 0.551 | |
| 66 | Louisiana Christian University | 19200 | 26000 | 0.2615 | 769 | 1065 | 0.7719 | |
| 67 | Alabama A & M University | 19500 | 51900 | 0.6242 | 6,370 | 915 | 0.5795 | |
| 67 | Lewis University | 19500 | 57700 | 0.6619 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 69 | Syracuse University | 19800 | 83600 | 0.7632 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 70 | Minot State University | 20100 | 23500 | 0.1452 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 71 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20200 | 28400 | 0.2883 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 71 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 20200 | 57300 | 0.6479 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 73 | Eastern Illinois University | 20400 | 28100 | 0.2735 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 74 | Bowie State University | 20500 | 50800 | 0.5965 | 4,810 | 1044 | 0.824 | |
| 75 | University of Montevallo | 20600 | 30300 | 0.3202 | 2,643 | 1124 | 0.5385 | |
| 76 | Indiana University-South Bend | 20700 | 23900 | 0.1374 | 4,206 | 1050 | 0.8146 | |
| 76 | University of Northern Iowa | 20700 | 24000 | 0.137 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 78 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.1902 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 79 | Ferris State University | 21000 | 30200 | 0.3046 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 80 | University of Sioux Falls | 21200 | 40100 | 0.4712 | 1,177 | 1075 | 0.8274 | |
| 81 | Midwestern State University | 21300 | 38900 | 0.4527 | 4,303 | 1055 | 0.9347 | |
| 82 | Culver-Stockton College | 21600 | 50600 | 0.573 | 889 | 1055 | 0.9827 | |
| 83 | Bradley University | 21800 | 59400 | 0.6334 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 84 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 21900 | 31800 | 0.3115 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 85 | Montclair State University | 22000 | 36800 | 0.4025 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 86 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22200 | 33600 | 0.339 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 87 | Murray State University | 22800 | 27600 | 0.1738 | 8,217 | 1124 | 0.8413 | |
| 88 | Pennsylvania Western University | 22900 | 34400 | 0.334 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 88 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 90 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23000 | 25800 | 0.1083 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 90 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 92 | Florida Memorial University | 23100 | 41500 | 0.4433 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 92 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 23100 | 36100 | 0.3598 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 94 | Marian University | 23200 | 47600 | 0.5121 | 1,026 | 1020 | 0.75 | |
| 95 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 23300 | 26900 | 0.1338 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 95 | Point Park University | 23300 | 70900 | 0.6715 | 2,498 | 1144 | 0.984 | |
| 97 | University of Southern Indiana | 23400 | 27200 | 0.1394 | 5,347 | 1145 | 0.9581 | |
| 98 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 23600 | 90700 | 0.7398 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 99 | Weber State University | 23700 | 31500 | 0.2479 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 100 | Northern Arizona University | 23900 | 48800 | 0.5112 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 101 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24200 | 55200 | 0.5627 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 102 | Campbellsville University | 24300 | 45200 | 0.4628 | 6,848 | 1075 | 0.7974 | |
| 102 | Southwestern Adventist University | 24300 | 43200 | 0.4377 | 758 | 1064 | 0.7836 | |
| 104 | Columbia College Chicago | 24400 | 63200 | 0.6143 | 4,346 | 0 | 0.738 | |
| 105 | Susquehanna University | 24500 | 122200 | 0.7998 | 2,220 | 1199 | 0.7908 | |
| 106 | Mount Marty University | 25000 | 75500 | 0.6685 | 1,053 | 1145 | 0.8603 | |
| 107 | St Catherine University | 25100 | 71900 | 0.6503 | 2,602 | 1148 | 0.9047 | |
| 108 | Westminster College | 25700 | 57600 | 0.5535 | 1,110 | 1145 | 0.9167 | |
| 109 | University of North Texas | 25900 | 36900 | 0.2983 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 110 | Briar Cliff University | 26000 | 74700 | 0.6515 | 766 | 1075 | 0.5834 | |
| 111 | University of Akron Main Campus | 26100 | 28000 | 0.0677 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 112 | Henderson State University | 26400 | 36600 | 0.2787 | 1,461 | 1075 | 0.8192 | |
| 113 | William Paterson University of New Jersey | 26600 | 33000 | 0.1937 | 6,647 | 1153 | 0.9008 | |
| 114 | Oakland University | 26700 | 39300 | 0.3203 | 12,770 | 1039 | 0.8897 | |
| 114 | University of La Verne | 26700 | 89200 | 0.7009 | 3,052 | 1109 | 0.7117 | |
| 116 | Bluefield State University | 26800 | 37000 | 0.2759 | 1,117 | 990 | 0.9723 | |
| 116 | Rider University | 26800 | 60200 | 0.5551 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 118 | St. Francis College | 26900 | 39400 | 0.3177 | 1,719 | 1035 | 1 | |
| 118 | University of Central Arkansas | 26900 | 31200 | 0.1373 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 120 | Capital University | 27100 | 63100 | 0.5706 | 1,642 | 1045 | 0.6501 | |
| 121 | Chicago State University | 27500 | 37800 | 0.2739 | 1,501 | 885 | 0.4326 | |
| 122 | Wayne State University | 28100 | 46800 | 0.3998 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 123 | Mount Aloysius College | 28200 | 63500 | 0.5561 | 3,135 | 1045 | 0.936 | |
| 124 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28300 | 41800 | 0.3223 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 125 | Roosevelt University | 28500 | 47600 | 0.4017 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 125 | University of Hartford | 28500 | 70100 | 0.5933 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 127 | Cornerstone University | 29100 | 40800 | 0.2867 | 1,354 | 1110 | 0.7777 | |
| 128 | Huntington University | 29300 | 44400 | 0.3398 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 129 | Northern Kentucky University | 29600 | 34800 | 0.1493 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 130 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 30000 | 44700 | 0.3285 | 9,847 | 1090 | 0.9309 | |
| 131 | Ithaca College | 30400 | 72600 | 0.581 | 4,205 | 1328 | 0.7015 | |
| 132 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30500 | 54600 | 0.4413 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 133 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 30900 | 33200 | 0.069 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 134 | Siena Heights University | 31000 | 46300 | 0.3306 | 1,628 | 980 | 0.689 | |
| 134 | Suffolk University | 31000 | 110800 | 0.7201 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 136 | Manhattanville University | 31100 | 68500 | 0.546 | 1,465 | 1140 | 0.8688 | |
| 137 | East Tennessee State University | 31300 | 31300 | 0 | 10,829 | 1124 | 0.8619 | |
| 138 | Asbury University | 31400 | 50700 | 0.3805 | 2,066 | 1157 | 0.954 | |
| 139 | Lasell University | 31500 | 60000 | 0.4747 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 139 | Missouri Baptist University | 31500 | 53800 | 0.4142 | 5,253 | 910 | 0.7062 | |
| 141 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 32300 | 43200 | 0.2524 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 142 | State University of New York at Oswego | 32700 | 40200 | 0.1866 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 143 | Saint Ambrose University | 33000 | 57700 | 0.4283 | 1,884 | 1065 | 0.8006 | |
| 144 | Misericordia University | 33400 | 67700 | 0.5068 | 1,721 | 1078 | 0.8871 | |
| 144 | Southeastern University | 33400 | 56200 | 0.4054 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 146 | Adrian College | 33500 | 70200 | 0.5227 | 1,675 | 1045 | 0.7257 | |
| 147 | California Baptist University | 34500 | 69100 | 0.5009 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 147 | Friends University | 34500 | 58000 | 0.4064 | 1,084 | 1020 | 0.5174 | |
| 147 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34500 | 41000 | 0.1586 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 147 | Texas Southern University | 34500 | 42500 | 0.1883 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 147 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 152 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34600 | 50900 | 0.3202 | 1,961 | 1099 | 0.7512 | |
| 153 | Gwynedd Mercy University | 34800 | 65100 | 0.4655 | 1,816 | 1070 | 0.9164 | |
| 154 | Texas Tech University | 35600 | 38900 | 0.0848 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 155 | Temple University | 35800 | 57200 | 0.3739 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 156 | New England Institute of Technology | 36300 | 89400 | 0.5938 | 1,718 | 1030 | 0.6673 | |
| 157 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 37200 | 69100 | 0.4615 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 158 | Seton Hall University | 38300 | 67700 | 0.4344 | 6,178 | 1328 | 0.6915 | |
| 158 | Washington Adventist University | 38300 | 45600 | 0.1597 | 513 | 995 | 0.4618 | |
| 160 | Manhattan University | 38500 | 73700 | 0.4776 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 161 | Clark Atlanta University | 38600 | 61700 | 0.3745 | 3,618 | 990 | 0.6422 | |
| 162 | Long Island University | 38900 | 60400 | 0.3562 | 12,072 | 1229 | 0.8616 | |
| 163 | University of Charleston | 39200 | 51200 | 0.2342 | 2,348 | 1075 | 0.5975 | |
| 164 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 40300 | 82200 | 0.5099 | 1,105 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 165 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41200 | 57400 | 0.2823 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 166 | Bellarmine University | 41500 | 66100 | 0.3721 | 2,365 | 1134 | 0.9371 | |
| 167 | Ashland University | 41700 | 57100 | 0.2697 | 2,977 | 1125 | 0.764 | |
| 167 | Saint Louis University | 41700 | 81100 | 0.4859 | 9,331 | 1250 | 0.7499 | |
| 169 | Boise State University | 42900 | 50100 | 0.1436 | 25,308 | 1025 | 0.8389 | |
| 170 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.057 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 171 | Providence College | 43400 | 108300 | 0.5992 | 4,680 | 1345 | 0.4994 | |
| 172 | St. John's University-New York | 43500 | 82800 | 0.4748 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 173 | Campbell University | 44000 | 68700 | 0.3606 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 174 | Texas Christian University | 44300 | 87400 | 0.4934 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 175 | Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 45300 | 107800 | 0.5798 | 3,469 | 1281 | 0.8521 | |
| 176 | Appalachian State University | 46100 | 46100 | 0 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 177 | The Master's University and Seminary | 47700 | 53700 | 0.1118 | 1,908 | 1139 | 0.8402 | |
| 178 | Champlain College | 48800 | 76000 | 0.3581 | 1,514 | 1273 | 0.873 | |
| 179 | Towson University | 49700 | 68400 | 0.2736 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 180 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49800 | 58800 | 0.153 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 181 | Quinnipiac University | 50200 | 118300 | 0.5755 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 182 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 50400 | 72700 | 0.3067 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 183 | University of Iowa | 52100 | 54400 | 0.0421 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 184 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 52700 | 67000 | 0.2136 | 15,552 | 1174 | 0.8298 | |
| 185 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 186 | The University of Alabama | 53700 | 66500 | 0.1925 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 187 | Elon University | 54300 | 69600 | 0.2198 | 6,191 | 1283 | 0.6326 | |
| 188 | Howard University | 55000 | 67300 | 0.1827 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 189 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 63400 | 0.1199 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 190 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 58700 | 67000 | 0.1238 | 5,288 | 1138 | 0.9459 | |
| 191 | Hofstra University | 59000 | 83400 | 0.2925 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.