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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 | Northeastern University Professional Programs | 5300 | 53000 | 0.8997 | 2,525 | 0 | 0 | |
2 | Amherst College | 7000 | 95600 | 0.9267 | 1,881 | 1514 | 0.0901 | |
2 | Wellesley College | 7000 | 90900 | 0.9233 | 2,405 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
4 | Washington and Lee University | 7200 | 87100 | 0.9175 | 1,886 | 1488 | 0.1397 | |
5 | Trinity College | 7900 | 91500 | 0.9137 | 2,237 | 1393 | 0.3352 | |
6 | Pomona College | 8600 | 88500 | 0.9028 | 1,766 | 1520 | 0.0709 | |
7 | Hamilton College | 8700 | 88400 | 0.9017 | 2,037 | 1499 | 0.1362 | |
8 | Haverford College | 9000 | 97300 | 0.9075 | 1,431 | 1499 | 0.1237 | |
9 | Smith College | 9100 | 92700 | 0.9014 | 2,549 | 1477 | 0.21 | |
10 | Grinnell College | 9400 | 91400 | 0.8973 | 1,788 | 1462 | 0.1451 | |
10 | St Olaf College | 9400 | 75600 | 0.8754 | 3,027 | 1378 | 0.4832 | |
12 | Davidson College | 9500 | 89900 | 0.8939 | 1,869 | 1454 | 0.1337 | |
13 | Vassar College | 9600 | 91500 | 0.8949 | 2,456 | 1499 | 0.1857 | |
14 | Colgate University | 9900 | 91600 | 0.8915 | 3,149 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
15 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 10000 | 94100 | 0.894 | 9,007 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
15 | Swarthmore College | 10000 | 88900 | 0.8875 | 1,623 | 1520 | 0.0746 | |
17 | Bates College | 10100 | 91800 | 0.8898 | 1,684 | 1438 | 0.1332 | |
18 | Pitzer College | 10300 | 89700 | 0.885 | 1,158 | 1279 | 0.2516 | |
19 | University of Pennsylvania | 10800 | 93000 | 0.884 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
20 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11700 | 27200 | 0.5706 | 32,499 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
21 | Northeastern State University | 11800 | 22900 | 0.4846 | 4,900 | 1035 | 0.9935 | |
22 | Lafayette College | 11900 | 85800 | 0.8618 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
23 | Middlebury College | 12100 | 89800 | 0.8651 | 2,751 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
24 | Northern Illinois University | 12300 | 29000 | 0.574 | 11,339 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
25 | Brigham Young University | 12400 | 29000 | 0.572 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
26 | Duke University | 13300 | 93500 | 0.8581 | 6,523 | 1539 | 0.0571 | |
27 | Bowdoin College | 13800 | 89900 | 0.8467 | 1,881 | 1505 | 0.0713 | |
28 | Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville | 14100 | 41100 | 0.6576 | 8,975 | 1045 | 0.9721 | |
28 | University of North Florida | 14100 | 22400 | 0.371 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
30 | University of California-Merced | 14600 | 40300 | 0.6372 | 8,161 | 1070 | 0.9152 | |
30 | University of Central Missouri | 14600 | 24600 | 0.4083 | 7,343 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
32 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71300 | 0.792 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
33 | Albion College | 15300 | 72600 | 0.7891 | 1,270 | 1065 | 0.807 | |
34 | New York University | 15500 | 91800 | 0.8309 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
35 | Carleton College | 15600 | 74000 | 0.7886 | 2,127 | 1492 | 0.2041 | |
35 | Northeastern University | 15600 | 89900 | 0.8268 | 22,649 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
37 | Trinity University | 15700 | 64800 | 0.7579 | 2,518 | 1402 | 0.2592 | |
38 | University of California-Riverside | 15800 | 36500 | 0.5667 | 21,954 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
39 | Denison University | 17000 | 69300 | 0.7549 | 2,405 | 1383 | 0.1693 | |
40 | University of Kansas | 17500 | 34900 | 0.499 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
41 | Barnard College | 17600 | 93200 | 0.8112 | 3,269 | 1490 | 0.0796 | |
42 | Macalester College | 17700 | 88200 | 0.7997 | 2,022 | 1417 | 0.2852 | |
42 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 17700 | 17700 | 0 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
44 | Union College | 18000 | 91000 | 0.8023 | 2,063 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
45 | College of Coastal Georgia | 18600 | 32900 | 0.4352 | 3,468 | 985 | 0.9813 | |
46 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18800 | 30900 | 0.3927 | 48,857 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
47 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 31400 | 0.3946 | 15,649 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
48 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19500 | 71100 | 0.726 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
49 | Lee University | 19600 | 37100 | 0.4711 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
50 | Niagara University | 20500 | 57400 | 0.6426 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
51 | Whitman College | 21400 | 85500 | 0.7496 | 1,555 | 1399 | 0.3815 | |
52 | Cottey College | 21500 | 37300 | 0.4242 | 261 | 1090 | 0.7023 | |
53 | Montclair State University | 21700 | 36300 | 0.4024 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
54 | Canisius University | 21800 | 53200 | 0.5898 | 1,707 | 1129 | 0.7224 | |
55 | Sterling College | 22100 | 53600 | 0.5875 | 670 | 1090 | 0.8916 | |
56 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 22300 | 26500 | 0.1588 | 4,213 | 1090 | 0.8949 | |
57 | Luther College | 22900 | 70900 | 0.6778 | 1,341 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
58 | Murray State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0975 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
59 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 23600 | 71600 | 0.6706 | 3,105 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
59 | University of Rochester | 23600 | 93100 | 0.7467 | 6,554 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
61 | Wilson College | 24200 | 43300 | 0.4395 | 1,180 | 1040 | 0.9532 | |
62 | Earlham College | 24400 | 75800 | 0.678 | 649 | 1233 | 0.7311 | |
63 | Occidental College | 24800 | 87900 | 0.7178 | 1,881 | 1447 | 0.4417 | |
64 | Scripps College | 25100 | 91600 | 0.7257 | 1,117 | 1475 | 0.3829 | |
65 | Lake Forest College | 25500 | 76700 | 0.6672 | 1,813 | 1323 | 0.5681 | |
66 | Westminster University | 25900 | 59500 | 0.5644 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
67 | Pennsylvania Western University | 26400 | 35600 | 0.2587 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
68 | St. Francis College | 26700 | 39400 | 0.3227 | 1,934 | 1035 | 0.8153 | |
68 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 26700 | 83600 | 0.6809 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
68 | University of North Alabama | 26700 | 41500 | 0.3568 | 8,076 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
71 | University of North Georgia | 26900 | 35500 | 0.2422 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
72 | Creighton University | 27200 | 56600 | 0.5195 | 4,616 | 1328 | 0.7975 | |
73 | Mount St. Mary's University | 27500 | 61400 | 0.5518 | 1,831 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
74 | Southern Nazarene University | 27700 | 42900 | 0.3553 | 1,465 | 1055 | 0.7703 | |
75 | The College of Wooster | 28300 | 79000 | 0.6412 | 1,736 | 1344 | 0.5953 | |
76 | Knox College | 28600 | 61000 | 0.5318 | 1,134 | 1287 | 0.7079 | |
76 | Regis University | 28600 | 67200 | 0.574 | 2,701 | 1199 | 0.8639 | |
78 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 29400 | 52900 | 0.4444 | 36,970 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
79 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 29900 | 31100 | 0.0385 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
80 | Gannon University | 30200 | 45300 | 0.3334 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
81 | Agnes Scott College | 30600 | 69000 | 0.5567 | 839 | 1273 | 0.6215 | |
82 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 33100 | 46200 | 0.2838 | 8,526 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
83 | University of Oregon | 33200 | 38600 | 0.1411 | 20,509 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
84 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54600 | 0.3772 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
85 | University of Nevada-Reno | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 18,487 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
86 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35500 | 47300 | 0.2494 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
87 | Western Kentucky University | 36100 | 41900 | 0.1385 | 14,017 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
88 | New York Institute of Technology | 39000 | 78600 | 0.5031 | 3,355 | 1235 | 0.7808 | |
88 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 39000 | 52900 | 0.2626 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
90 | Pace University | 39700 | 74100 | 0.464 | 8,019 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
91 | Oglethorpe University | 41900 | 68600 | 0.3888 | 1,278 | 1216 | 0.886 | |
92 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42200 | 54900 | 0.2315 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
93 | Florida Institute of Technology | 44200 | 66400 | 0.3339 | 3,663 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
94 | Georgia College & State University | 45000 | 52400 | 0.1412 | 6,006 | 1155 | 0.8779 | |
95 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 53200 | 0.1127 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
96 | Drexel University | 48700 | 82600 | 0.4103 | 12,896 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
97 | University of Utah | 51500 | 53700 | 0.0401 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
98 | Sacred Heart University | 52900 | 75200 | 0.2966 | 6,960 | 1245 | 0.6768 | |
99 | University of California-Irvine | 54800 | 64800 | 0.1543 | 29,799 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
100 | University of California-Davis | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 31,082 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
101 | University of California-Berkeley | 74600 | 75500 | 0.0119 | 32,429 | 1407 | 0.1104 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.