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 | United States Air Force Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,114 | 1335 | 0.1409 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,474 | 1305 | 0.0927 | |
| 3 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8200 | 90000 | 0.9093 | 4,535 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 4 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 8900 | 30000 | 0.7031 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 5 | Fairmont State University | 9400 | 21400 | 0.5615 | 3,088 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 6 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9600 | 36900 | 0.74 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 7 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38500 | 0.7358 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 8 | University of Notre Dame | 10600 | 86200 | 0.8775 | 8,880 | 1500 | 0.1127 | |
| 9 | Tennessee State University | 11400 | 48200 | 0.7627 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7011 | |
| 10 | Utah State University | 11500 | 28500 | 0.5964 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 11 | Indiana State University | 12000 | 31200 | 0.616 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 12 | Southern Utah University | 12400 | 44000 | 0.7177 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 13 | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | 12700 | 34600 | 0.6336 | 8,945 | 1099 | 0.975 | |
| 14 | West Virginia University | 12800 | 57700 | 0.778 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 15 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 12900 | 23400 | 0.4493 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8698 | |
| 16 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13200 | 54500 | 0.7577 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 16 | Northern Illinois University | 13200 | 29000 | 0.5439 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 18 | Kansas State University | 13600 | 26100 | 0.4771 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 19 | Southeast Missouri State University | 13800 | 28200 | 0.5119 | 7,926 | 945 | 0.7352 | |
| 20 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 13900 | 25700 | 0.4586 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 21 | Delta State University | 14000 | 23200 | 0.3971 | 1,876 | 1040 | 1 | |
| 22 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14200 | 28100 | 0.4947 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 23 | Case Western Reserve University | 14700 | 83100 | 0.8229 | 6,528 | 1475 | 0.3654 | |
| 23 | Stanford University | 14700 | 71200 | 0.7934 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 25 | University of North Texas | 15000 | 25700 | 0.4169 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 26 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 15300 | 22400 | 0.3165 | 4,213 | 1124 | 0.8949 | |
| 27 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 15500 | 45200 | 0.6565 | 2,476 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 28 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 15600 | 46800 | 0.6672 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 28 | University of Memphis | 15600 | 29900 | 0.4779 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 30 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16200 | 23200 | 0.3017 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 30 | University of Florida | 16200 | 22500 | 0.2799 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 32 | Lewis University | 16400 | 57700 | 0.7155 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7129 | |
| 33 | Delaware State University | 16500 | 46500 | 0.6453 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 34 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 16800 | 48200 | 0.6518 | 21,118 | 980 | 0.9992 | |
| 35 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 36 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 30400 | 0.4118 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 37 | Bridgewater State University | 18000 | 34800 | 0.4823 | 8,270 | 1180 | 0.8781 | |
| 38 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3461 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 39 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18200 | 41200 | 0.5589 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 40 | Florida Memorial University | 18600 | 44900 | 0.5858 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 41 | Middle Georgia State University | 18800 | 46300 | 0.5935 | 7,692 | 1065 | 0.9968 | |
| 42 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 19300 | 75200 | 0.7435 | 3,135 | 1307 | 0.5493 | |
| 42 | Western Michigan University | 19300 | 26500 | 0.272 | 13,027 | 1115 | 0.846 | |
| 44 | Eastern Kentucky University | 19500 | 34400 | 0.4326 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 44 | Elizabeth City State University | 19500 | 23600 | 0.174 | 2,154 | 1005 | 0.6422 | |
| 46 | San Diego State University | 19600 | 28900 | 0.3219 | 35,782 | 1208 | 0.3619 | |
| 46 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19600 | 78700 | 0.751 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 48 | California State University-Los Angeles | 20000 | 59200 | 0.6626 | 19,586 | 965 | 0.9125 | |
| 48 | University of Southern California | 20000 | 75800 | 0.7365 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 50 | Henderson State University | 20100 | 37500 | 0.4644 | 1,461 | 990 | 0.8192 | |
| 51 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1836 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 52 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2285 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 53 | Averett University | 22000 | 57200 | 0.6158 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 54 | San Jose State University | 22800 | 41100 | 0.4454 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 55 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23300 | 36800 | 0.367 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 56 | The University of Alabama | 23400 | 31000 | 0.245 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 57 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 23900 | 30500 | 0.2162 | 6,800 | 1293 | 0.6857 | |
| 58 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 24000 | 27100 | 0.1154 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 58 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 24000 | 26400 | 0.0902 | 9,853 | 990 | 0.6652 | |
| 60 | University at Buffalo | 24200 | 34000 | 0.2883 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 61 | University of Kansas | 25300 | 39900 | 0.3646 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 62 | Pennsylvania College of Technology | 25900 | 34600 | 0.2514 | 4,526 | 0 | 0 | |
| 62 | University of North Dakota | 25900 | 28600 | 0.0921 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 64 | Iowa State University | 26200 | 42800 | 0.3877 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 65 | Tuskegee University | 26300 | 42100 | 0.3757 | 2,659 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 66 | University of Arizona | 27100 | 38500 | 0.2958 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 67 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6654 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 68 | Clarkson University | 27900 | 78000 | 0.6425 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 69 | Morehead State University | 28000 | 32600 | 0.141 | 8,258 | 1140 | 0.7721 | |
| 70 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 70 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.5919 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9575 | |
| 72 | Wichita State University | 28900 | 40600 | 0.2886 | 13,313 | 1073 | 0.9395 | |
| 73 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29300 | 33900 | 0.1358 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 74 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 75 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 30600 | 62800 | 0.5124 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 76 | Siena Heights University | 31100 | 46300 | 0.3271 | 1,628 | 980 | 0.689 | |
| 77 | Angelo State University | 31800 | 35400 | 0.1026 | 9,702 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 78 | Hampton University | 32300 | 62400 | 0.482 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 78 | Liberty University | 32300 | 44300 | 0.2709 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 80 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4003 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 81 | Southern New Hampshire University | 32900 | 52800 | 0.377 | 164,423 | 965 | 0.9951 | |
| 82 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 33800 | 43100 | 0.2159 | 22,033 | 1321 | 0.3132 | |
| 82 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 33800 | 58500 | 0.4227 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 84 | LeTourneau University | 34100 | 54800 | 0.378 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 85 | Andrews University | 35000 | 62100 | 0.4364 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 86 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 35700 | 42800 | 0.1651 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 87 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.3574 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 88 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.28 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 89 | Auburn University | 36400 | 38000 | 0.0421 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 90 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36800 | 38900 | 0.0547 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 91 | California State University-Long Beach | 37400 | 38600 | 0.0311 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 91 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37400 | 66500 | 0.4373 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 93 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38700 | 53400 | 0.2754 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 94 | University of Central Florida | 39600 | 39600 | 0 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 95 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5067 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 96 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 41500 | 47200 | 0.1206 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 97 | Saint Louis University | 42400 | 80900 | 0.4757 | 10,413 | 1305 | 0.7504 | |
| 98 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3664 | 3,666 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 99 | The University of Texas at Austin | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 100 | William Jessup University | 45800 | 56700 | 0.1921 | 1,317 | 1140 | 0.9333 | |
| 101 | Middle Tennessee State University | 46000 | 46000 | 0 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 102 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46100 | 86200 | 0.4651 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 103 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott | 46700 | 63800 | 0.2683 | 3,229 | 1258 | 0.7658 | |
| 104 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach | 47400 | 66500 | 0.2875 | 10,629 | 1268 | 0.6481 | |
| 105 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0513 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 106 | University of Colorado Boulder | 48700 | 56600 | 0.1395 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 107 | University of California-San Diego | 49300 | 74200 | 0.3354 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 108 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50600 | 82600 | 0.3875 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 109 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 110 | Lynn University | 51700 | 66000 | 0.2166 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 111 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.1266 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 112 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53400 | 53400 | 0 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 113 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 54000 | 56100 | 0.038 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 114 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.0921 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 115 | University of California-Irvine | 72800 | 74700 | 0.0254 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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