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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 | University of Central Florida | 11300 | 23600 | 0.5212 | 68,470 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
4 | Texas State University | 11700 | 23200 | 0.4936 | 36,613 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
5 | California State University-Northridge | 11900 | 23200 | 0.4848 | 32,352 | 1005 | 0.9219 | |
5 | Northern Illinois University | 11900 | 29000 | 0.5885 | 11,339 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
7 | Northwestern University | 12300 | 87700 | 0.8598 | 8,839 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
8 | Boston University | 12400 | 88800 | 0.8608 | 18,310 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
9 | Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville | 13700 | 41100 | 0.6673 | 8,975 | 1045 | 0.9721 | |
10 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 14000 | 31600 | 0.557 | 6,982 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
11 | Texas Tech University | 14100 | 27000 | 0.4776 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
12 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14200 | 28100 | 0.4946 | 8,526 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
13 | California State University-Chico | 14500 | 23500 | 0.3826 | 13,337 | 1117 | 0.9158 | |
14 | Goshen College | 14700 | 55700 | 0.7366 | 773 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
15 | The University of Texas at Austin | 15400 | 30700 | 0.4981 | 43,718 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
15 | Troy University | 15400 | 26700 | 0.4231 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
15 | University of Akron Main Campus | 15400 | 25000 | 0.3837 | 11,127 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
18 | University of Florida | 15700 | 22300 | 0.2961 | 38,113 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
18 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 15700 | 32100 | 0.5102 | 1,002 | 1115 | 0.8898 | |
20 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 16000 | 30700 | 0.4792 | 6,875 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
21 | Ferris State University | 16600 | 31000 | 0.4652 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
22 | Alabama A & M University | 17600 | 35300 | 0.5007 | 5,845 | 940 | 0.6622 | |
23 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 17900 | 32100 | 0.443 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
24 | Campbellsville University | 18200 | 41800 | 0.5645 | 6,411 | 1055 | 0.7235 | |
24 | San Jose State University | 18200 | 29900 | 0.391 | 27,902 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
26 | Husson University | 18600 | 40800 | 0.5438 | 2,752 | 1115 | 0.8095 | |
27 | Youngstown State University | 19000 | 29300 | 0.3511 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
28 | Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | 19800 | 49400 | 0.5986 | 2,079 | 1135 | 0.8221 | |
29 | Texas Southern University | 20300 | 25700 | 0.2104 | 6,619 | 920 | 0.9335 | |
30 | Murray State University | 20500 | 25100 | 0.1814 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
31 | University of Central Missouri | 21300 | 33200 | 0.3569 | 7,343 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
32 | Bradley University | 21500 | 48300 | 0.5541 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
33 | Lewis University | 22000 | 57000 | 0.6142 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
33 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 22000 | 22200 | 0.009 | 11,874 | 1082 | 0.8377 | |
35 | Saint Ambrose University | 22700 | 54500 | 0.5836 | 1,937 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
36 | Eastern Kentucky University | 22900 | 38000 | 0.3969 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
36 | Syracuse University | 22900 | 83100 | 0.7244 | 15,955 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
38 | Southwestern Adventist University | 23200 | 40800 | 0.4311 | 813 | 1060 | 0.5552 | |
39 | University of Kentucky | 23300 | 36000 | 0.3517 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
40 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 23400 | 24500 | 0.0448 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
41 | North Central College | 23700 | 62500 | 0.6208 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
42 | California State University-Fullerton | 25000 | 41400 | 0.3961 | 39,697 | 0 | 0.9052 | |
42 | Walla Walla University | 25000 | 51100 | 0.51 | 1,238 | 1159 | 0.604 | |
44 | La Sierra University | 25600 | 55100 | 0.5358 | 1,244 | 1015 | 0.933 | |
45 | University of the Incarnate Word | 25700 | 59900 | 0.5713 | 4,638 | 1035 | 0.9813 | |
46 | Point Park University | 26100 | 56800 | 0.5409 | 2,326 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
47 | Evangel University | 26200 | 39900 | 0.3435 | 1,843 | 1183 | 0.7161 | |
48 | Rowan University | 26800 | 40500 | 0.3382 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
49 | Capital University | 26900 | 68600 | 0.608 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
50 | University of North Texas | 27000 | 37400 | 0.2782 | 37,529 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
51 | Chicago State University | 27300 | 37600 | 0.2745 | 1,495 | 885 | 0.4052 | |
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 | Montclair State University | 29100 | 36300 | 0.1985 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
53 | Westminster College | 29100 | 57500 | 0.4936 | 1,092 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
56 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 29300 | 46100 | 0.3649 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
57 | Cornerstone University | 29800 | 40100 | 0.2574 | 1,444 | 1124 | 0.7316 | |
58 | Columbia College Chicago | 30000 | 60600 | 0.5053 | 5,417 | 0 | 0.7549 | |
59 | University of Houston | 30200 | 35200 | 0.1422 | 42,050 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
60 | San Francisco State University | 30400 | 45200 | 0.3276 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
60 | SUNY at Fredonia | 30400 | 39600 | 0.2326 | 2,839 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
60 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 30400 | 39500 | 0.2302 | 5,203 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
63 | Adrian College | 31000 | 67500 | 0.5412 | 1,678 | 1060 | 0.6843 | |
63 | Missouri Baptist University | 31000 | 53800 | 0.4242 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
65 | Bowie State University | 31100 | 44300 | 0.2983 | 5,136 | 875 | 0.75 | |
65 | Sam Houston State University | 31100 | 39900 | 0.2205 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
67 | State University of New York at Oswego | 31300 | 38300 | 0.1825 | 5,515 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
68 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 31800 | 31800 | 0 | 11,406 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
69 | University of Southern Indiana | 32000 | 44900 | 0.2874 | 5,347 | 1145 | 0.9581 | |
70 | California State University-Los Angeles | 32400 | 39400 | 0.1779 | 19,290 | 965 | 0.9125 | |
70 | Southeastern University | 32400 | 60500 | 0.4642 | 10,214 | 1130 | 0.6165 | |
72 | Lasell University | 32900 | 47000 | 0.2998 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
73 | Appalachian State University | 33000 | 35800 | 0.0782 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
74 | Ithaca College | 33700 | 72500 | 0.5351 | 4,084 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
74 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 33700 | 35100 | 0.0399 | 34,656 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
76 | University of Montevallo | 35700 | 46700 | 0.2355 | 2,509 | 1124 | 0.5579 | |
77 | Western Kentucky University | 36000 | 41900 | 0.1409 | 14,017 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
78 | Ashland University | 36500 | 52700 | 0.3072 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
79 | Long Island University | 36600 | 59600 | 0.3861 | 11,753 | 1222 | 0.8977 | |
80 | Wayne State University | 38800 | 45500 | 0.1472 | 15,371 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
81 | San Diego State University | 39800 | 40500 | 0.0173 | 34,805 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
82 | Temple University | 40000 | 56100 | 0.2869 | 20,786 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
83 | New England Institute of Technology | 40900 | 61100 | 0.3309 | 1,718 | 995 | 0.6673 | |
84 | Campbell University | 41000 | 65100 | 0.3707 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
85 | Hofstra University | 41400 | 74600 | 0.4449 | 6,578 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
86 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,177 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
87 | Suffolk University | 48100 | 73600 | 0.3466 | 4,275 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
88 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 48300 | 64400 | 0.2501 | 14,657 | 1180 | 0.8368 | |
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.