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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 | Haverford College | 1700 | 125000 | 0.9865 | 1,420 | 1490 | 0.1331 | |
| 2 | Davidson College | 2800 | 95600 | 0.9704 | 1,860 | 1463 | 0.1262 | |
| 3 | Trinity College | 3900 | 92800 | 0.9575 | 2,112 | 1404 | 0.2953 | |
| 4 | University of Pennsylvania | 4400 | 93100 | 0.9532 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 5 | Amherst College | 5600 | 123100 | 0.9542 | 1,907 | 1500 | 0.0772 | |
| 6 | Bowdoin College | 6900 | 94700 | 0.9271 | 1,841 | 1499 | 0.0681 | |
| 6 | Pomona College | 6900 | 93700 | 0.9264 | 1,721 | 1499 | 0.0714 | |
| 8 | Smith College | 7200 | 119400 | 0.94 | 2,578 | 1466 | 0.2241 | |
| 8 | Swarthmore College | 7200 | 117900 | 0.9393 | 1,631 | 1513 | 0.0752 | |
| 10 | Lafayette College | 7700 | 112400 | 0.9316 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 11 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22100 | 0.6333 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 12 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 96500 | 0.9082 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 12 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 8900 | 38900 | 0.7719 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 14 | Bates College | 9000 | 92900 | 0.903 | 1,736 | 1412 | 0.1483 | |
| 15 | Colgate University | 9200 | 95800 | 0.9039 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 15 | Grinnell College | 9200 | 93600 | 0.9014 | 1,668 | 1469 | 0.1605 | |
| 17 | Washington and Lee University | 10100 | 95500 | 0.8942 | 1,916 | 1484 | 0.1354 | |
| 18 | University of California-Berkeley | 10300 | 57300 | 0.8197 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 19 | University of California-Merced | 10400 | 46200 | 0.7756 | 8,234 | 1070 | 0.9704 | |
| 19 | Wellesley College | 10400 | 117800 | 0.9117 | 2,366 | 1499 | 0.1479 | |
| 21 | University of Rochester | 10600 | 96300 | 0.8904 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 22 | St Olaf College | 10800 | 79500 | 0.8641 | 3,114 | 1374 | 0.4338 | |
| 23 | Carleton College | 11100 | 74000 | 0.8493 | 1,974 | 1492 | 0.2178 | |
| 24 | Middlebury College | 11200 | 94500 | 0.8815 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 25 | University of Richmond | 11600 | 92500 | 0.8746 | 3,052 | 1472 | 0.2224 | |
| 26 | Vassar College | 12100 | 92200 | 0.8692 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 27 | Pitzer College | 12200 | 93200 | 0.869 | 1,193 | 1279 | 0.2685 | |
| 28 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12500 | 28100 | 0.5551 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 29 | Albion College | 12600 | 109600 | 0.8849 | 1,168 | 1065 | 0.7437 | |
| 30 | Colorado College | 12800 | 98000 | 0.869 | 1,887 | 1357 | 0.2209 | |
| 30 | Hamilton College | 12800 | 98000 | 0.8694 | 1,980 | 1484 | 0.1359 | |
| 32 | Cornell University | 13100 | 93700 | 0.8601 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 33 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 34 | Denison University | 13500 | 69300 | 0.8051 | 2,458 | 1366 | 0.1955 | |
| 34 | Trinity University | 13500 | 67000 | 0.7982 | 2,423 | 1408 | 0.2488 | |
| 34 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.608 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 37 | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | 13600 | 38400 | 0.6464 | 8,945 | 1099 | 0.975 | |
| 38 | Northern Illinois University | 14300 | 28100 | 0.4927 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 38 | University of North Georgia | 14300 | 56800 | 0.7485 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 40 | University of California-Riverside | 14600 | 118100 | 0.8761 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 41 | Murray State University | 14900 | 27000 | 0.4495 | 8,217 | 1124 | 0.8413 | |
| 42 | University of California-Irvine | 15100 | 43700 | 0.6547 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 43 | Stanford University | 15200 | 1865100 | 0.9919 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 44 | Macalester College | 15400 | 115000 | 0.8664 | 2,068 | 1415 | 0.2813 | |
| 45 | Duke University | 16000 | 98500 | 0.8377 | 6,525 | 1533 | 0.0524 | |
| 45 | University of Kansas | 16000 | 34900 | 0.5417 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 47 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 17100 | 34100 | 0.4991 | 4,056 | 1090 | 0.4151 | |
| 48 | Whitman College | 17400 | 85500 | 0.796 | 1,468 | 1397 | 0.4016 | |
| 49 | Barnard College | 17500 | 99700 | 0.8241 | 3,223 | 1499 | 0.1005 | |
| 50 | Northeastern University | 17900 | 90000 | 0.8011 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 51 | Union College | 18000 | 93400 | 0.8076 | 1,954 | 1399 | 0.4342 | |
| 52 | Occidental College | 18400 | 114500 | 0.8393 | 1,822 | 1440 | 0.4485 | |
| 53 | Northeastern State University | 18600 | 34400 | 0.4588 | 5,145 | 1035 | 0.9974 | |
| 54 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19700 | 30900 | 0.3626 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 55 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 20100 | 32300 | 0.3775 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 56 | College of Coastal Georgia | 20800 | 29400 | 0.2925 | 3,609 | 1005 | 0.9885 | |
| 57 | Luther College | 21500 | 75400 | 0.7153 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 58 | Stetson University | 21800 | 81100 | 0.7315 | 2,414 | 1089 | 0.7167 | |
| 59 | Sterling College | 22200 | 77400 | 0.7129 | 649 | 1103 | 0.8759 | |
| 60 | Cottey College | 22300 | 37300 | 0.4026 | 261 | 991 | 0.7023 | |
| 61 | Loyola University New Orleans | 23100 | 74600 | 0.6901 | 2,871 | 1150 | 0.9058 | |
| 62 | University of North Alabama | 23200 | 37300 | 0.3781 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 63 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 24200 | 42000 | 0.4243 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 64 | University of Central Missouri | 24300 | 35800 | 0.3225 | 10,397 | 1055 | 0.7439 | |
| 65 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 24400 | 73400 | 0.6676 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 66 | Wilson College | 24800 | 44400 | 0.4421 | 1,379 | 1055 | 0.9211 | |
| 67 | Lake Forest College | 25300 | 75400 | 0.6649 | 1,786 | 1304 | 0.5363 | |
| 68 | Earlham College | 26300 | 75800 | 0.6528 | 670 | 1237 | 0.7904 | |
| 68 | Western Kentucky University | 26300 | 47700 | 0.4485 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 70 | St. Francis College | 26900 | 39400 | 0.3177 | 1,719 | 1035 | 1 | |
| 71 | Creighton University | 27700 | 67900 | 0.5916 | 4,833 | 1328 | 0.9216 | |
| 72 | Mount St. Mary's University | 27800 | 61400 | 0.5468 | 1,804 | 1159 | 0.7258 | |
| 73 | Niagara University | 28400 | 57400 | 0.505 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 74 | Knox College | 28600 | 68900 | 0.5846 | 1,108 | 1274 | 0.772 | |
| 75 | New York University | 29000 | 92100 | 0.6851 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 76 | Canisius University | 29400 | 54500 | 0.4604 | 1,728 | 1186 | 0.7323 | |
| 77 | Scripps College | 30300 | 107900 | 0.7189 | 1,103 | 1472 | 0.3988 | |
| 78 | University of North Florida | 30400 | 30500 | 0.0033 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 79 | The College of Wooster | 30700 | 82400 | 0.6271 | 1,515 | 1345 | 0.6438 | |
| 79 | University of Toledo | 30700 | 42000 | 0.269 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 81 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 82 | Westminster University | 31800 | 62600 | 0.4922 | 868 | 1205 | 0.6513 | |
| 83 | Southern Nazarene University | 32000 | 48400 | 0.3385 | 1,473 | 1055 | 1 | |
| 84 | Berry College | 34300 | 61400 | 0.4411 | 2,262 | 1219 | 0.7315 | |
| 85 | New York Institute of Technology | 35400 | 83600 | 0.577 | 3,646 | 1298 | 0.8102 | |
| 86 | Agnes Scott College | 36300 | 71200 | 0.49 | 731 | 1219 | 0.6353 | |
| 87 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36400 | 53600 | 0.321 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 88 | University of Nevada-Reno | 37300 | 44800 | 0.1674 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 89 | Baldwin Wallace University | 39000 | 66100 | 0.4102 | 2,532 | 1210 | 0.7739 | |
| 90 | University of Charleston | 39200 | 51200 | 0.2342 | 2,348 | 1075 | 0.5975 | |
| 91 | Drexel University | 39600 | 107600 | 0.6318 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 92 | Pace University | 40500 | 75500 | 0.4636 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 93 | Kansas State University | 40600 | 41600 | 0.024 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 94 | Oglethorpe University | 41800 | 68600 | 0.3908 | 1,338 | 1205 | 0.898 | |
| 95 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68700 | 0.3679 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 96 | Texas Christian University | 44300 | 87400 | 0.4934 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 97 | LeTourneau University | 44600 | 55000 | 0.1891 | 2,903 | 1242 | 0.4879 | |
| 98 | Georgia College & State University | 45000 | 52400 | 0.1412 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 99 | Sacred Heart University | 49700 | 67500 | 0.2637 | 7,291 | 1265 | 0.6363 | |
| 100 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0426 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 101 | Woodbury University | 53900 | 88400 | 0.3901 | 725 | 1087 | 0.7143 | |
| 102 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 54100 | 95100 | 0.4311 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 103 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 57900 | 65700 | 0.1188 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 104 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60700 | 63000 | 0.0364 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 105 | University of California-Davis | 68400 | 90000 | 0.2399 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 106 | University of Oregon | 69000 | 71300 | 0.0321 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.