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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 | Johns Hopkins University | 5900 | 88600 | 0.9333 | 6,328 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
2 | Northern Arizona University | 9500 | 25400 | 0.6267 | 22,943 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
3 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10300 | 22900 | 0.5512 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
4 | Northern Illinois University | 11900 | 29000 | 0.5885 | 11,339 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
5 | Northwestern University | 12300 | 87700 | 0.8598 | 8,839 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
6 | Boston University | 12400 | 88800 | 0.8608 | 18,310 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
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 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 14000 | 31600 | 0.557 | 6,982 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
10 | Texas Tech University | 14100 | 27000 | 0.4776 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
11 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14200 | 28100 | 0.4946 | 8,526 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
12 | University of Central Missouri | 14600 | 24600 | 0.4083 | 7,343 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
13 | Goshen College | 14700 | 55700 | 0.7366 | 773 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
14 | The University of Texas at Austin | 15400 | 30700 | 0.4981 | 43,718 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
15 | Sam Houston State University | 15600 | 23000 | 0.3218 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
16 | Ferris State University | 16600 | 31000 | 0.4652 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
17 | San Francisco State University | 17400 | 33300 | 0.4774 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
18 | Campbellsville University | 18200 | 41800 | 0.5645 | 6,411 | 1055 | 0.7235 | |
19 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18500 | 27500 | 0.3272 | 5,515 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
20 | Husson University | 18600 | 40800 | 0.5438 | 2,752 | 1115 | 0.8095 | |
21 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 29900 | 0.3643 | 27,902 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
21 | Youngstown State University | 19000 | 29300 | 0.3511 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
23 | Western Kentucky University | 19200 | 26800 | 0.2815 | 14,017 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
24 | California State University-Los Angeles | 19400 | 39400 | 0.5082 | 19,290 | 965 | 0.9125 | |
24 | Wayne State University | 19400 | 32300 | 0.3999 | 15,371 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
26 | Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | 19800 | 49400 | 0.5986 | 2,079 | 1135 | 0.8221 | |
27 | University of Montevallo | 20100 | 31500 | 0.3624 | 2,509 | 1124 | 0.5579 | |
28 | Texas Southern University | 20300 | 25700 | 0.2104 | 6,619 | 920 | 0.9335 | |
29 | Bradley University | 21500 | 48300 | 0.5541 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
30 | Lewis University | 22000 | 57000 | 0.6142 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
30 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 22000 | 22200 | 0.009 | 11,874 | 1082 | 0.8377 | |
32 | Saint Ambrose University | 22700 | 54500 | 0.5836 | 1,937 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
33 | Syracuse University | 22900 | 83100 | 0.7244 | 15,955 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
34 | Murray State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0975 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
35 | Southwestern Adventist University | 23200 | 40800 | 0.4311 | 813 | 1060 | 0.5552 | |
36 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 23400 | 24500 | 0.0448 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
37 | North Central College | 23700 | 62500 | 0.6208 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
38 | California State University-Fullerton | 25000 | 41400 | 0.3961 | 39,697 | 0 | 0.9052 | |
38 | Walla Walla University | 25000 | 51100 | 0.51 | 1,238 | 1159 | 0.604 | |
40 | California State University-Northridge | 25200 | 36600 | 0.3122 | 32,352 | 1005 | 0.9219 | |
41 | La Sierra University | 25600 | 55100 | 0.5358 | 1,244 | 1015 | 0.933 | |
42 | University of the Incarnate Word | 25700 | 59900 | 0.5713 | 4,638 | 1035 | 0.9813 | |
43 | Point Park University | 26100 | 56800 | 0.5409 | 2,326 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
44 | Evangel University | 26200 | 39900 | 0.3435 | 1,843 | 1183 | 0.7161 | |
45 | Capital University | 26900 | 68600 | 0.608 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
45 | Rowan University | 26900 | 40500 | 0.3357 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
47 | University of North Texas | 27000 | 37400 | 0.2782 | 37,529 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
48 | Chicago State University | 27300 | 37600 | 0.2745 | 1,495 | 885 | 0.4052 | |
48 | Troy University | 27300 | 32600 | 0.1625 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
50 | Alabama A & M University | 27400 | 42800 | 0.3596 | 5,845 | 940 | 0.6622 | |
51 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28200 | 31500 | 0.1048 | 11,127 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
52 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 28600 | 53300 | 0.4624 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
53 | Huntington University | 29100 | 44300 | 0.3434 | 1,286 | 1095 | 0.7115 | |
53 | Westminster College | 29100 | 57500 | 0.4936 | 1,092 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
55 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 29300 | 34000 | 0.1381 | 6,875 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
55 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 29300 | 46100 | 0.3649 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
57 | California State University-Chico | 29500 | 41000 | 0.2807 | 13,337 | 1117 | 0.9158 | |
58 | Cornerstone University | 29800 | 40100 | 0.2574 | 1,444 | 1124 | 0.7316 | |
58 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 29800 | 43700 | 0.3178 | 1,002 | 1115 | 0.8898 | |
60 | Columbia College Chicago | 30000 | 60600 | 0.5053 | 5,417 | 0 | 0.7549 | |
61 | University of Houston | 30200 | 35200 | 0.1422 | 42,050 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
62 | SUNY at Fredonia | 30400 | 39600 | 0.2326 | 2,839 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
62 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 30400 | 39500 | 0.2302 | 5,203 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
64 | Adrian College | 31000 | 67500 | 0.5412 | 1,678 | 1060 | 0.6843 | |
64 | Missouri Baptist University | 31000 | 53800 | 0.4242 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
66 | Bowie State University | 31100 | 44300 | 0.2983 | 5,136 | 875 | 0.75 | |
67 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 31800 | 31800 | 0 | 11,406 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
68 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 32000 | 44800 | 0.2857 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
68 | University of Southern Indiana | 32000 | 44900 | 0.2874 | 5,347 | 1145 | 0.9581 | |
70 | Southeastern University | 32400 | 60500 | 0.4642 | 10,214 | 1130 | 0.6165 | |
71 | Lasell University | 32900 | 47000 | 0.2998 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
72 | Appalachian State University | 33000 | 35800 | 0.0782 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
73 | Ithaca College | 33700 | 72500 | 0.5351 | 4,084 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
74 | Ashland University | 36500 | 52700 | 0.3072 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
75 | Long Island University | 36600 | 59600 | 0.3861 | 11,753 | 1222 | 0.8977 | |
76 | University of Central Florida | 36900 | 39600 | 0.0682 | 68,470 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
77 | San Diego State University | 39800 | 40500 | 0.0173 | 34,805 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
78 | Temple University | 40000 | 56100 | 0.2869 | 20,786 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
79 | New England Institute of Technology | 40900 | 61100 | 0.3309 | 1,718 | 995 | 0.6673 | |
80 | Campbell University | 41000 | 65100 | 0.3707 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
81 | Hofstra University | 41400 | 74600 | 0.4449 | 6,578 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
82 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,177 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
83 | University of Florida | 43000 | 45600 | 0.057 | 38,113 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
84 | Montclair State University | 45900 | 46600 | 0.015 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
85 | Suffolk University | 48100 | 73600 | 0.3466 | 4,275 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
86 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 48300 | 64400 | 0.2501 | 14,657 | 1180 | 0.8368 | |
87 | University of Kentucky | 49700 | 56000 | 0.1112 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
88 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 51700 | 51700 | 0 | 34,656 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
89 | Emerson College | 55900 | 82600 | 0.3233 | 4,171 | 1339 | 0.4749 | |
90 | University of La Verne | 62100 | 66500 | 0.0662 | 2,414 | 1123 | 0.4847 | |
91 | Pepperdine University | 62200 | 92800 | 0.3296 | 3,553 | 1378 | 0.6286 | |
92 | Elon University | 65900 | 67300 | 0.0208 | 6,452 | 1244 | 0.6635 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.