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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 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 8300 | 31800 | 0.74 | 11,562 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
| 2 | Johns Hopkins University | 9600 | 88600 | 0.8915 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 3 | Boston University | 10300 | 88800 | 0.8844 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 4 | Idaho State University | 11500 | 27700 | 0.5846 | 10,406 | 0 | 0.8396 | |
| 5 | Northern Illinois University | 12500 | 29000 | 0.5679 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 6 | Eastern Illinois University | 12800 | 24500 | 0.4773 | 6,785 | 1020 | 0.6535 | |
| 6 | Morehead State University | 12800 | 28000 | 0.5432 | 8,258 | 1120 | 0.7721 | |
| 8 | Emory University | 13000 | 90100 | 0.8558 | 7,407 | 1499 | 0.1029 | |
| 9 | California State University-Northridge | 13200 | 23200 | 0.4311 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.9219 | |
| 9 | The University of Texas at Austin | 13200 | 30700 | 0.5697 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 11 | Texas Tech University | 14000 | 27000 | 0.4813 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 12 | Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville | 14400 | 41100 | 0.6502 | 8,975 | 1045 | 0.9721 | |
| 13 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 13 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 14600 | 31600 | 0.5375 | 7,290 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
| 15 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 15000 | 25700 | 0.4158 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 16 | Central Michigan University | 15200 | 40600 | 0.6257 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 17 | Murray State University | 15300 | 27000 | 0.4345 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 17 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15300 | 28100 | 0.4555 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 17 | University of Michigan-Flint | 15300 | 36600 | 0.5819 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 20 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 15500 | 28500 | 0.4565 | 733 | 1110 | 0.6776 | |
| 21 | Goshen College | 15700 | 55800 | 0.718 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 22 | University of Arkansas-Fort Smith | 15900 | 21700 | 0.2667 | 5,463 | 1095 | 0.8147 | |
| 23 | Oakland University | 16200 | 28000 | 0.422 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 24 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 16400 | 19000 | 0.137 | 11,874 | 1082 | 0.8377 | |
| 25 | Western Carolina University | 16500 | 19600 | 0.1582 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 26 | SUNY at Fredonia | 16600 | 27800 | 0.4034 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 27 | Augusta University | 16900 | 30700 | 0.4496 | 5,684 | 1125 | 0.8931 | |
| 27 | Avila University | 16900 | 67600 | 0.7506 | 1,335 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 27 | Ferris State University | 16900 | 31000 | 0.4555 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 30 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 17000 | 64800 | 0.7377 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 30 | Weber State University | 17000 | 22100 | 0.2309 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 32 | California State University-Fullerton | 17300 | 20600 | 0.1596 | 38,597 | 0 | 0.9052 | |
| 33 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17400 | 27400 | 0.3648 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 34 | Lewis-Clark State College | 17600 | 24400 | 0.2786 | 3,793 | 1010 | 0.9407 | |
| 35 | University of Mary | 17700 | 32600 | 0.4582 | 2,650 | 1189 | 0.7825 | |
| 36 | Holy Family University | 17800 | 54000 | 0.67 | 2,650 | 1030 | 0.7104 | |
| 36 | Husson University | 17800 | 48100 | 0.6293 | 2,762 | 1115 | 0.8095 | |
| 36 | Midwestern State University | 17800 | 29000 | 0.3858 | 4,508 | 1055 | 0.8738 | |
| 39 | Northern Arizona University | 18000 | 32000 | 0.4372 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 40 | Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | 18100 | 35800 | 0.4942 | 836 | 1070 | 0.9235 | |
| 41 | Georgia Southern University | 18200 | 23800 | 0.2357 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 42 | Campbellsville University | 18600 | 41800 | 0.555 | 6,411 | 1055 | 0.7235 | |
| 42 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18600 | 27500 | 0.3235 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 44 | McNeese State University | 18900 | 29200 | 0.3532 | 5,560 | 1110 | 0.6755 | |
| 44 | Texas State University | 18900 | 28900 | 0.3455 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 46 | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse | 19000 | 21900 | 0.1294 | 9,513 | 1200 | 0.8122 | |
| 47 | Minot State University | 19100 | 22100 | 0.136 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 47 | University of Mississippi | 19100 | 45500 | 0.5807 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 49 | Youngstown State University | 19300 | 29300 | 0.3409 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 50 | California State University-Los Angeles | 19700 | 39400 | 0.5005 | 19,354 | 965 | 0.9125 | |
| 51 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 19900 | 24500 | 0.1874 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 51 | Wayne State University | 19900 | 32300 | 0.3844 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 53 | University of Northern Iowa | 20100 | 24000 | 0.1618 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 54 | Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | 20300 | 49400 | 0.5885 | 2,079 | 1135 | 0.8221 | |
| 54 | Marian University | 20300 | 46100 | 0.5594 | 1,074 | 1035 | 0.6677 | |
| 54 | Texas Southern University | 20300 | 25700 | 0.2104 | 6,619 | 920 | 0.9335 | |
| 57 | Marshall University | 20500 | 36300 | 0.4356 | 9,165 | 1065 | 0.9572 | |
| 58 | Bluefield State University | 20600 | 38900 | 0.4702 | 1,249 | 1000 | 0.8722 | |
| 58 | Henderson State University | 20600 | 32700 | 0.3702 | 1,493 | 1075 | 0.8192 | |
| 60 | University of St Francis | 21200 | 56000 | 0.6212 | 1,338 | 1030 | 0.653 | |
| 61 | Austin Peay State University | 21400 | 33300 | 0.357 | 8,926 | 0 | 0.9638 | |
| 62 | University of Miami | 21700 | 70800 | 0.6939 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 63 | Madonna University | 21900 | 50400 | 0.5655 | 1,839 | 1005 | 0.9293 | |
| 64 | Bradley University | 22200 | 48300 | 0.5396 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 64 | Northwestern University | 22200 | 87700 | 0.7469 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 66 | University of Central Missouri | 22300 | 33200 | 0.3284 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 67 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 22400 | 32000 | 0.2999 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 68 | Manhattanville University | 22600 | 65300 | 0.6532 | 1,466 | 1145 | 0.8734 | |
| 69 | Boise State University | 22800 | 41000 | 0.4436 | 24,030 | 1025 | 0.8721 | |
| 70 | Lewis University | 22900 | 57000 | 0.5984 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 71 | Saint Ambrose University | 23200 | 54500 | 0.5744 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 72 | Southwestern Adventist University | 23300 | 40800 | 0.4287 | 813 | 1060 | 0.5552 | |
| 73 | Briar Cliff University | 23500 | 55700 | 0.578 | 737 | 1075 | 0.5983 | |
| 73 | Eastern Kentucky University | 23500 | 38000 | 0.3811 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 75 | University of Charleston | 23600 | 56300 | 0.5812 | 2,087 | 1075 | 0.6458 | |
| 76 | La Roche University | 24200 | 55400 | 0.5634 | 1,986 | 1150 | 0.7761 | |
| 77 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 24300 | 65700 | 0.6302 | 7,703 | 1105 | 0.9556 | |
| 77 | North Central College | 24300 | 62500 | 0.6112 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 77 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 24300 | 37400 | 0.3499 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 80 | Saint Cloud State University | 24500 | 35100 | 0.303 | 8,013 | 1094 | 0.9495 | |
| 81 | University of Central Arkansas | 24600 | 29500 | 0.1655 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 82 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 24700 | 62200 | 0.6033 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 83 | Friends University | 24800 | 59300 | 0.5818 | 1,549 | 1030 | 0.6046 | |
| 83 | Rogers State University | 24800 | 33400 | 0.2572 | 3,141 | 936 | 0.6683 | |
| 83 | St Catherine University | 24800 | 69800 | 0.645 | 2,505 | 1135 | 0.9185 | |
| 86 | University of Sioux Falls | 25600 | 38500 | 0.3342 | 1,241 | 1055 | 0.8298 | |
| 86 | Walla Walla University | 25600 | 51100 | 0.4996 | 1,238 | 1159 | 0.604 | |
| 88 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 25700 | 27600 | 0.0689 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 89 | Mount Marty University | 25900 | 55200 | 0.5307 | 1,022 | 1090 | 0.4257 | |
| 90 | La Sierra University | 26300 | 55100 | 0.5231 | 1,244 | 1015 | 0.933 | |
| 90 | Point Park University | 26300 | 56800 | 0.5374 | 2,337 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
| 90 | Roosevelt University | 26300 | 43300 | 0.3927 | 2,605 | 1015 | 0.9427 | |
| 90 | University of the Incarnate Word | 26300 | 59900 | 0.5613 | 4,638 | 1035 | 0.9813 | |
| 94 | Evangel University | 26400 | 39900 | 0.3385 | 1,843 | 1183 | 0.7161 | |
| 95 | Pennsylvania Western University | 26600 | 35600 | 0.2531 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 96 | St. Francis College | 26800 | 39400 | 0.3202 | 1,934 | 1035 | 0.8153 | |
| 97 | Northern Kentucky University | 27000 | 31600 | 0.1454 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 98 | Capital University | 27200 | 68600 | 0.6036 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 99 | Troy University | 27400 | 32600 | 0.1594 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 100 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 101 | University of North Texas | 27600 | 37400 | 0.2622 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 102 | Alabama A & M University | 28000 | 42800 | 0.3456 | 5,845 | 940 | 0.6622 | |
| 102 | York College of Pennsylvania | 28000 | 41400 | 0.3238 | 3,308 | 1135 | 0.942 | |
| 104 | North Dakota State University | 28100 | 30400 | 0.0752 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 105 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28300 | 41800 | 0.3223 | 1,817 | 1080 | 0.8078 | |
| 106 | Regis College | 28500 | 70400 | 0.595 | 1,055 | 965 | 0.9009 | |
| 107 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28700 | 31500 | 0.0889 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 108 | University of Hartford | 28800 | 70100 | 0.5897 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 109 | University of Iowa | 29200 | 31100 | 0.0606 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 110 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 29800 | 38200 | 0.2201 | 6,550 | 1140 | 0.7456 | |
| 110 | Westminster College | 29800 | 57500 | 0.4814 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 112 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 29900 | 34000 | 0.1205 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 113 | Huntington University | 30000 | 44300 | 0.3231 | 1,286 | 1095 | 0.7115 | |
| 113 | University of South Alabama | 30000 | 35000 | 0.1429 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 115 | California State University-Chico | 30100 | 41000 | 0.2661 | 13,392 | 1117 | 0.9158 | |
| 116 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 30200 | 46100 | 0.3444 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
| 117 | San Jose State University | 30300 | 41000 | 0.2608 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 118 | Cornerstone University | 30400 | 40100 | 0.2413 | 1,444 | 1124 | 0.7316 | |
| 118 | Syracuse University | 30400 | 83100 | 0.6342 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 120 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 30500 | 43700 | 0.3018 | 1,002 | 1115 | 0.8898 | |
| 121 | East Tennessee State University | 30700 | 30700 | 0 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 122 | Columbia College Chicago | 30800 | 60600 | 0.4921 | 5,422 | 0 | 0.7549 | |
| 123 | Lasell University | 30900 | 47000 | 0.3423 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
| 123 | University of Houston | 30900 | 35200 | 0.1223 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 123 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30900 | 54600 | 0.4339 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 126 | University of Kentucky | 31000 | 36000 | 0.139 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 127 | Chicago State University | 31100 | 37600 | 0.1736 | 1,495 | 885 | 0.4052 | |
| 127 | San Francisco State University | 31100 | 45200 | 0.3121 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 129 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 31300 | 33200 | 0.0568 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 130 | Siena Heights University | 31400 | 46300 | 0.3218 | 1,669 | 1000 | 0.6656 | |
| 131 | Washington Adventist University | 31600 | 37800 | 0.1642 | 605 | 950 | 0.4536 | |
| 132 | Adrian College | 31900 | 67500 | 0.5272 | 1,678 | 1060 | 0.6843 | |
| 132 | Bowie State University | 31900 | 41700 | 0.2353 | 5,136 | 875 | 0.75 | |
| 132 | Missouri Baptist University | 31900 | 53800 | 0.4067 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 135 | Sam Houston State University | 32100 | 39900 | 0.1955 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 135 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 32100 | 44800 | 0.2835 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 137 | Misericordia University | 32300 | 65100 | 0.5036 | 1,721 | 1175 | 0.8871 | |
| 138 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 32400 | 39900 | 0.1879 | 9,967 | 1080 | 0.9475 | |
| 138 | University of Southern Indiana | 32400 | 44900 | 0.2785 | 5,347 | 1145 | 0.9581 | |
| 140 | Indiana University-South Bend | 32500 | 46100 | 0.2949 | 4,083 | 1070 | 0.8384 | |
| 141 | Southeastern University | 32600 | 60500 | 0.4609 | 10,351 | 1130 | 0.6165 | |
| 142 | Colorado Mesa University | 33000 | 40000 | 0.1738 | 9,473 | 1050 | 0.9829 | |
| 143 | Ithaca College | 33300 | 72500 | 0.5406 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 144 | Appalachian State University | 33600 | 35800 | 0.0614 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 145 | Arkansas State University | 33800 | 41900 | 0.1932 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 146 | Gwynedd Mercy University | 34700 | 62700 | 0.4455 | 1,301 | 1115 | 0.8963 | |
| 146 | University of Vermont | 34700 | 66300 | 0.4767 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 148 | California Baptist University | 35400 | 65200 | 0.457 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 149 | University of Montevallo | 35800 | 46700 | 0.2333 | 2,545 | 1124 | 0.5579 | |
| 150 | Western Kentucky University | 36200 | 41900 | 0.1361 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 151 | Ashland University | 36400 | 52700 | 0.3091 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 152 | Towson University | 36500 | 45700 | 0.2013 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 153 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 36600 | 53300 | 0.3132 | 1,044 | 1095 | 0.7209 | |
| 154 | University of Central Florida | 36700 | 39600 | 0.0733 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 155 | Clark Atlanta University | 36800 | 49800 | 0.2613 | 3,495 | 1000 | 0.6463 | |
| 156 | Long Island University | 37100 | 59600 | 0.3777 | 11,753 | 1222 | 0.8977 | |
| 157 | Rhode Island College | 37200 | 45800 | 0.1878 | 5,157 | 995 | 0.9182 | |
| 158 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 37900 | 53900 | 0.2968 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 159 | Asbury University | 38200 | 49100 | 0.2216 | 2,066 | 1157 | 0.954 | |
| 160 | Champlain College | 38500 | 70000 | 0.4503 | 1,691 | 1304 | 0.8764 | |
| 161 | Suffolk University | 38700 | 73600 | 0.4744 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 162 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 39400 | 63600 | 0.3807 | 1,059 | 1055 | 0.8172 | |
| 163 | Seton Hall University | 39700 | 67400 | 0.4108 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 164 | San Diego State University | 40100 | 40500 | 0.0099 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 165 | Temple University | 40800 | 56100 | 0.2726 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 166 | Manhattan University | 41200 | 71700 | 0.4252 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 167 | Hofstra University | 41800 | 74600 | 0.4395 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 168 | Bellarmine University | 41900 | 66100 | 0.366 | 2,240 | 1130 | 0.8611 | |
| 168 | Campbell University | 41900 | 65100 | 0.3562 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 168 | New England Institute of Technology | 41900 | 61100 | 0.3145 | 1,718 | 995 | 0.6673 | |
| 171 | St. John's University-New York | 42100 | 80100 | 0.4742 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 172 | Quinnipiac University | 42200 | 79200 | 0.4671 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
| 173 | Montclair State University | 42400 | 46600 | 0.0901 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 173 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 175 | University of Florida | 43700 | 45600 | 0.0416 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 176 | Texas Christian University | 43800 | 81900 | 0.4652 | 11,049 | 1283 | 0.4449 | |
| 177 | Saint Louis University | 45100 | 74500 | 0.3947 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 178 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 48800 | 64400 | 0.2423 | 14,657 | 1180 | 0.8368 | |
| 178 | The University of Alabama | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 180 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 50200 | 52300 | 0.0401 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 181 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 51700 | 51700 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 182 | MCPHS University | 53300 | 71800 | 0.2576 | 3,477 | 1203 | 0.8521 | |
| 183 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 184 | Emerson College | 55800 | 82600 | 0.3245 | 4,171 | 1339 | 0.4749 | |
| 185 | Dallas Baptist University | 55900 | 56100 | 0.0036 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
| 186 | Howard University | 58400 | 61600 | 0.052 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 187 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 59100 | 67000 | 0.1177 | 5,162 | 1131 | 0.9502 | |
| 188 | Pepperdine University | 62200 | 92800 | 0.3296 | 3,553 | 1378 | 0.6286 | |
| 188 | University of La Verne | 62200 | 66500 | 0.0647 | 2,414 | 1123 | 0.4847 | |
| 190 | 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.