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 | University of Pennsylvania | 4500 | 93100 | 0.9521 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 2 | University of Michigan-Flint | 6000 | 43600 | 0.8626 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 3 | College of the Ozarks | 6600 | 34300 | 0.8079 | 1,500 | 1130 | 0.1097 | |
| 4 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 7000 | 41500 | 0.8323 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 5 | Grinnell College | 9100 | 93600 | 0.9025 | 1,668 | 1469 | 0.1605 | |
| 6 | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | 10200 | 41300 | 0.7533 | 8,945 | 1099 | 0.975 | |
| 6 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38600 | 0.7366 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 8 | Dine College | 10600 | 14000 | 0.2424 | 1,432 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10900 | 22900 | 0.525 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 10 | Georgetown College | 11300 | 86600 | 0.869 | 1,123 | 1145 | 0.9337 | |
| 10 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 11300 | 87500 | 0.8707 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 12 | Georgetown University | 11500 | 92700 | 0.8759 | 7,908 | 1470 | 0.1349 | |
| 12 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 11500 | 20500 | 0.4381 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 14 | Cornell University | 11600 | 93700 | 0.8761 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 15 | University of West Florida | 12000 | 22200 | 0.459 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 16 | Northern Arizona University | 12200 | 30400 | 0.5979 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 16 | University of Illinois Chicago | 12200 | 30200 | 0.5964 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 18 | University of South Carolina Aiken | 12800 | 33900 | 0.6228 | 3,379 | 1065 | 0.743 | |
| 19 | Peru State College | 13000 | 20700 | 0.3712 | 1,308 | 0 | 1 | |
| 19 | University of North Florida | 13000 | 22400 | 0.4202 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 21 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13200 | 27100 | 0.5121 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 22 | Northern Illinois University | 13300 | 32200 | 0.5857 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 23 | Lewis University | 13400 | 57700 | 0.7675 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 24 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 14100 | 42400 | 0.6669 | 782 | 1020 | 0.8202 | |
| 25 | Saginaw Valley State University | 14200 | 30100 | 0.5278 | 6,280 | 1050 | 0.7843 | |
| 25 | Salem State University | 14200 | 38300 | 0.6288 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 27 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 14300 | 26600 | 0.4624 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 28 | California State University-Bakersfield | 14500 | 57500 | 0.7478 | 9,897 | 1015 | 0.8416 | |
| 29 | Central Michigan University | 14600 | 37400 | 0.6102 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 30 | Mercy University | 14700 | 46400 | 0.6836 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 31 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 15100 | 44000 | 0.6571 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 32 | Rogers State University | 15400 | 39200 | 0.6064 | 3,278 | 1025 | 0.6784 | |
| 33 | Florida State University | 15600 | 23000 | 0.322 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 34 | Grand Valley State University | 15800 | 28300 | 0.441 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 35 | Oakland University | 16000 | 28200 | 0.4329 | 12,770 | 1039 | 0.8897 | |
| 36 | Niagara University | 16100 | 57400 | 0.7192 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 37 | North Carolina Wesleyan University | 16400 | 77400 | 0.7885 | 1,262 | 980 | 0.8026 | |
| 38 | Waynesburg University | 16600 | 45000 | 0.6301 | 1,032 | 1093 | 0.8981 | |
| 39 | Sam Houston State University | 17000 | 27100 | 0.3726 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 40 | Guilford College | 17100 | 66300 | 0.742 | 1,132 | 1100 | 0.8 | |
| 40 | North Carolina Central University | 17100 | 37900 | 0.5488 | 7,232 | 865 | 0.8605 | |
| 42 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17200 | 20700 | 0.169 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 43 | Radford University | 17300 | 33100 | 0.4767 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 44 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4174 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 45 | Whitman College | 17500 | 85500 | 0.7959 | 1,468 | 1397 | 0.4016 | |
| 46 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 17600 | 35600 | 0.5063 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 47 | University of South Alabama | 17800 | 40200 | 0.5578 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 48 | Northeastern University | 17900 | 90000 | 0.8008 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 49 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 18100 | 28500 | 0.3653 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 50 | Missouri Southern State University | 18300 | 26700 | 0.3146 | 3,917 | 1109 | 0.9656 | |
| 51 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 18700 | 48900 | 0.6172 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 52 | Delaware State University | 18800 | 62600 | 0.6996 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 53 | McMurry University | 19000 | 71400 | 0.7343 | 4,133 | 1104 | 0.8984 | |
| 54 | Ouachita Baptist University | 19300 | 65400 | 0.7047 | 1,715 | 1193 | 0.7072 | |
| 55 | The College of Idaho | 19400 | 81100 | 0.7611 | 1,042 | 1189 | 0.491 | |
| 56 | Vanguard University of Southern California | 19600 | 57300 | 0.6578 | 1,923 | 1095 | 0.7415 | |
| 57 | University of Saint Mary | 19700 | 53700 | 0.6331 | 1,044 | 1083 | 0.8229 | |
| 58 | Thomas University | 20200 | 30100 | 0.3294 | 1,022 | 1110 | 0.383 | |
| 59 | Bradley University | 20400 | 59500 | 0.6564 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 59 | University of Northern Iowa | 20400 | 24800 | 0.1775 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 61 | Ripon College | 20500 | 68800 | 0.7025 | 665 | 1225 | 0.8186 | |
| 61 | State University of New York at Cortland | 20500 | 27700 | 0.2597 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 63 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 64 | King's College | 20800 | 63100 | 0.6707 | 1,559 | 1135 | 0.9193 | |
| 64 | La Sierra University | 20800 | 51200 | 0.5943 | 1,266 | 1124 | 0.9069 | |
| 64 | University of Lynchburg | 20800 | 60800 | 0.6578 | 1,424 | 1099 | 0.6108 | |
| 67 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 68 | McDaniel College | 21100 | 63900 | 0.6694 | 1,641 | 1155 | 0.7817 | |
| 69 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 21300 | 57200 | 0.628 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 70 | Texas Southern University | 21400 | 38900 | 0.4499 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 71 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 21600 | 49600 | 0.5641 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 72 | Daemen University | 21800 | 56700 | 0.6154 | 1,656 | 1050 | 0.7375 | |
| 72 | South Dakota State University | 21800 | 25200 | 0.1346 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 74 | Southwestern Adventist University | 22100 | 58700 | 0.6239 | 758 | 1064 | 0.7836 | |
| 75 | Buena Vista University | 22300 | 59100 | 0.6225 | 836 | 1075 | 0.6497 | |
| 76 | Oklahoma City University | 22500 | 74100 | 0.6966 | 1,546 | 1159 | 0.7103 | |
| 77 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 22600 | 56900 | 0.602 | 533 | 1244 | 0.5269 | |
| 77 | Houghton University | 22600 | 60900 | 0.6285 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 79 | Newman University | 22700 | 55800 | 0.5935 | 2,529 | 1069 | 0.7398 | |
| 80 | Saint Cloud State University | 22800 | 36800 | 0.3803 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 81 | Seattle Pacific University | 22900 | 98900 | 0.7688 | 1,657 | 1174 | 0.9301 | |
| 82 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 82 | Millikin University | 23100 | 43700 | 0.4709 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 82 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 23100 | 36100 | 0.3598 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 85 | University of Houston | 23600 | 28400 | 0.1692 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 86 | Huntingdon College | 23700 | 65000 | 0.6353 | 943 | 1130 | 0.692 | |
| 87 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 24100 | 60700 | 0.6029 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 88 | Washburn University | 24200 | 38400 | 0.3696 | 5,427 | 1048 | 1 | |
| 89 | Franklin College | 24300 | 61800 | 0.6066 | 894 | 1189 | 0.7254 | |
| 90 | University of South Dakota | 24500 | 26900 | 0.0891 | 7,515 | 1120 | 0.9884 | |
| 91 | University of Central Oklahoma | 24700 | 34000 | 0.2735 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 91 | University of South Florida | 24700 | 36500 | 0.3229 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 93 | University at Buffalo | 24900 | 34000 | 0.2677 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 94 | Brewton-Parker Christian University | 25200 | 34300 | 0.2652 | 1,234 | 990 | 0.9649 | |
| 95 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 25400 | 43400 | 0.4145 | 18,194 | 1281 | 0.7273 | |
| 96 | Christian Brothers University | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5525 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 96 | Loyola University Maryland | 25800 | 78800 | 0.6727 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 98 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 25900 | 28300 | 0.0847 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 98 | North Park University | 25900 | 55200 | 0.5308 | 1,825 | 1075 | 0.6949 | |
| 98 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 25900 | 53800 | 0.5189 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 101 | University of Evansville | 26100 | 64700 | 0.5968 | 1,920 | 1174 | 0.9412 | |
| 102 | George Fox University | 26400 | 92800 | 0.7157 | 3,530 | 1168 | 0.9282 | |
| 102 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26400 | 40600 | 0.3495 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 104 | Mars Hill University | 26900 | 54500 | 0.5056 | 1,062 | 1100 | 0.6822 | |
| 105 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27200 | 31300 | 0.1307 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 106 | Florida Atlantic University | 27300 | 27300 | 0 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 106 | Roberts Wesleyan University | 27300 | 82000 | 0.6673 | 1,320 | 1230 | 0.6744 | |
| 108 | Mississippi Christian University | 27700 | 45100 | 0.386 | 2,583 | 1222 | 0.8416 | |
| 109 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 36400 | 0.2144 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 110 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29300 | 112100 | 0.7385 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 111 | Morehead State University | 29600 | 31600 | 0.0633 | 7,941 | 1080 | 0.8328 | |
| 112 | Edgewood University | 29800 | 80100 | 0.628 | 1,236 | 1125 | 0.7498 | |
| 112 | University of Pikeville | 29800 | 34800 | 0.1438 | 1,164 | 1070 | 0.8967 | |
| 114 | Taylor University | 30100 | 60700 | 0.5037 | 2,769 | 1229 | 0.9881 | |
| 115 | Scripps College | 30200 | 97800 | 0.6911 | 1,103 | 1472 | 0.3988 | |
| 116 | New England College | 30500 | 66700 | 0.543 | 1,049 | 930 | 0.8584 | |
| 117 | Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale | 30700 | 101400 | 0.6971 | 18,904 | 0 | 0.8516 | |
| 118 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30800 | 78300 | 0.6067 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 118 | Southern Adventist University | 30800 | 49000 | 0.3712 | 2,946 | 1142 | 0.7163 | |
| 120 | Columbia International University | 31400 | 44800 | 0.2991 | 1,084 | 1079 | 0.9371 | |
| 120 | Marquette University | 31400 | 75900 | 0.5862 | 8,206 | 1304 | 0.7802 | |
| 122 | Liberty University | 32400 | 44700 | 0.275 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 123 | University of New England | 32700 | 70900 | 0.5389 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 124 | Alverno College | 33100 | 55500 | 0.4035 | 525 | 1000 | 0.8223 | |
| 124 | Morningside University | 33100 | 80100 | 0.5871 | 1,172 | 922 | 0.7104 | |
| 126 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 57500 | 0.4154 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 127 | Siena University | 33700 | 66400 | 0.4927 | 3,149 | 1301 | 0.8464 | |
| 128 | Western Michigan University | 34000 | 36400 | 0.0663 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 129 | Lee University | 34200 | 39100 | 0.1253 | 3,425 | 1154 | 0.7138 | |
| 130 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34500 | 50900 | 0.3223 | 1,961 | 1099 | 0.7512 | |
| 131 | California Baptist University | 34700 | 69800 | 0.5026 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 132 | Adelphi University | 34900 | 63300 | 0.4484 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 133 | New York Institute of Technology | 35300 | 83600 | 0.5781 | 3,646 | 1298 | 0.8102 | |
| 134 | Wilmington College | 35600 | 58500 | 0.3916 | 1,006 | 1020 | 0.924 | |
| 135 | Rowan University | 36500 | 53600 | 0.3189 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 136 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 37100 | 53600 | 0.308 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 137 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37200 | 41600 | 0.1056 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 138 | Beloit College | 37300 | 81700 | 0.5432 | 997 | 1296 | 0.7039 | |
| 139 | University of Rhode Island | 37400 | 58400 | 0.3595 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 140 | Union Adventist University | 37600 | 51200 | 0.2648 | 625 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 140 | Xavier University | 37600 | 68100 | 0.4481 | 3,744 | 1286 | 0.848 | |
| 142 | Springfield College | 37700 | 68000 | 0.4456 | 1,724 | 1260 | 0.7421 | |
| 143 | Howard Payne University | 38100 | 54500 | 0.3008 | 751 | 1043 | 0.6737 | |
| 144 | Oakwood University | 38400 | 43300 | 0.1131 | 1,184 | 1005 | 0.4563 | |
| 145 | Nazareth University | 38600 | 67200 | 0.4257 | 1,862 | 1275 | 0.7409 | |
| 146 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 39000 | 44400 | 0.1215 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 147 | Cumberland University | 39100 | 47500 | 0.1769 | 2,745 | 1055 | 0.6733 | |
| 148 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 40300 | 66900 | 0.3978 | 1,105 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 149 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41100 | 58700 | 0.3 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 150 | Montreat College | 41700 | 58100 | 0.2823 | 781 | 1164 | 0.692 | |
| 151 | Susquehanna University | 41800 | 85600 | 0.5116 | 2,220 | 1199 | 0.7908 | |
| 152 | University of Central Florida | 42100 | 42100 | 0 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 153 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42500 | 63300 | 0.3285 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 154 | Marist University | 43100 | 110500 | 0.61 | 5,644 | 1279 | 0.5599 | |
| 155 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43300 | 68700 | 0.3694 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 156 | LeTourneau University | 44600 | 57300 | 0.2215 | 2,903 | 1242 | 0.4879 | |
| 157 | St. John's University-New York | 47500 | 83800 | 0.4334 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 158 | Biola University | 48000 | 74600 | 0.3566 | 3,553 | 1281 | 0.7817 | |
| 159 | University of Georgia | 48400 | 52300 | 0.0746 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 160 | Marymount Manhattan College | 49500 | 75000 | 0.3398 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 161 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 49900 | 64700 | 0.2288 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 162 | Northwest Nazarene University | 50200 | 87600 | 0.4268 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 163 | Quinnipiac University | 51100 | 79700 | 0.359 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 164 | University of Iowa | 52000 | 54400 | 0.044 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 165 | St Lawrence University | 57400 | 88000 | 0.3476 | 1,949 | 1359 | 0.5434 | |
| 166 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58800 | 61200 | 0.0391 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 167 | Auburn University | 59200 | 59200 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 168 | University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis | 60300 | 65600 | 0.0808 | 344 | 1125 | 0.8984 | |
| 169 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60600 | 63000 | 0.038 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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