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 | Washington University in St Louis | 7500 | 102300 | 0.9267 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 2 | University of Central Florida | 10000 | 31900 | 0.6867 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 3 | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | 10200 | 41300 | 0.7533 | 8,945 | 1099 | 0.975 | |
| 4 | Southern Utah University | 10500 | 51400 | 0.7957 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 5 | Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus | 10700 | 23100 | 0.536 | 4,250 | 970 | 0.9166 | |
| 6 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 11100 | 28100 | 0.6048 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 7 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 11300 | 87500 | 0.8707 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 8 | University of Illinois Chicago | 12200 | 30200 | 0.5964 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 9 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12300 | 24900 | 0.5052 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 10 | Fitchburg State University | 12400 | 33800 | 0.6327 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 10 | Wayne State University | 12400 | 32900 | 0.6228 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 12 | Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development | 12800 | 44700 | 0.7144 | 877 | 895 | 0.9747 | |
| 13 | Northern Illinois University | 13300 | 32200 | 0.5857 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 14 | Clayton State University | 14100 | 21700 | 0.3497 | 5,551 | 965 | 0.6845 | |
| 15 | Goshen College | 14500 | 56000 | 0.7416 | 738 | 995 | 0.8342 | |
| 16 | University of California-Riverside | 14700 | 66100 | 0.7779 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 17 | Northern Michigan University | 15200 | 33100 | 0.5408 | 6,650 | 1100 | 0.8505 | |
| 18 | New Mexico Highlands University | 15400 | 37900 | 0.593 | 1,603 | 945 | 1 | |
| 19 | Jacksonville State University | 15500 | 38200 | 0.5938 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 20 | Florida State University | 15600 | 23000 | 0.322 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 21 | University of North Carolina School of the Arts | 15800 | 63100 | 0.7491 | 946 | 1241 | 0.2997 | |
| 21 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 15800 | 79400 | 0.8005 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 23 | University of West Georgia | 15900 | 57700 | 0.7251 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 24 | Keene State College | 16200 | 51400 | 0.6847 | 2,640 | 1064 | 0.8982 | |
| 25 | University of Miami | 16700 | 96300 | 0.8267 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 26 | Maharishi International University | 16900 | 45200 | 0.6265 | 925 | 1089 | 0.957 | |
| 27 | Middle Tennessee State University | 17200 | 29000 | 0.4071 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 28 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 17600 | 35600 | 0.5063 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 29 | University of South Alabama | 17800 | 40200 | 0.5578 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 30 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17900 | 45800 | 0.6097 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 31 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 32 | University of Rhode Island | 18500 | 33900 | 0.4544 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 33 | Husson University | 19100 | 48100 | 0.6023 | 2,865 | 1174 | 0.8143 | |
| 34 | Lindenwood University | 19300 | 36000 | 0.4645 | 4,422 | 1193 | 0.5996 | |
| 35 | Massachusetts College of Art and Design | 19400 | 41200 | 0.5287 | 1,825 | 1085 | 0.8311 | |
| 36 | SUNY at Purchase College | 19700 | 28000 | 0.2959 | 3,283 | 1294 | 0.7405 | |
| 37 | State University of New York at Oswego | 19800 | 40200 | 0.5076 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 38 | SUNY at Fredonia | 20100 | 53600 | 0.6248 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 39 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20300 | 39800 | 0.4894 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 39 | Southern Oregon University | 20300 | 73600 | 0.7244 | 4,235 | 1104 | 0.8862 | |
| 41 | Syracuse University | 20400 | 83600 | 0.756 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 42 | La Sierra University | 20900 | 51200 | 0.5923 | 1,266 | 1124 | 0.9069 | |
| 43 | University of Mobile | 21500 | 46000 | 0.5327 | 1,313 | 1209 | 0.7789 | |
| 44 | Nelson University | 21600 | 64000 | 0.6625 | 1,526 | 990 | 0.8902 | |
| 45 | Grand Canyon University | 21800 | 34200 | 0.363 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 46 | Bob Jones University | 21900 | 42700 | 0.4855 | 2,312 | 1149 | 1 | |
| 47 | Fashion Institute of Technology | 22200 | 77500 | 0.7133 | 7,880 | 0 | 0.6701 | |
| 48 | Oklahoma City University | 22400 | 74100 | 0.6979 | 1,546 | 1159 | 0.7103 | |
| 49 | Columbia College Chicago | 22500 | 63200 | 0.6443 | 4,346 | 0 | 0.738 | |
| 49 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 51 | Augsburg University | 23100 | 56200 | 0.5893 | 2,706 | 1065 | 0.95 | |
| 51 | Millikin University | 23100 | 43700 | 0.4709 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 53 | Bridgewater State University | 23300 | 37300 | 0.3749 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 53 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 23300 | 89100 | 0.7384 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 55 | Piedmont University | 23500 | 47400 | 0.5045 | 1,154 | 1080 | 0.9054 | |
| 56 | Oral Roberts University | 24200 | 52700 | 0.5409 | 5,017 | 1139 | 0.989 | |
| 57 | Montana State University | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 58 | Temple University | 24900 | 36100 | 0.3105 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 59 | Messiah University | 25000 | 54700 | 0.543 | 2,722 | 1266 | 0.8107 | |
| 60 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 25400 | 62800 | 0.5954 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 60 | Webster University | 25400 | 66600 | 0.6188 | 1,898 | 1120 | 0.8618 | |
| 62 | Missouri Western State University | 25600 | 39300 | 0.3498 | 3,550 | 1015 | 0.9981 | |
| 62 | Walla Walla University | 25600 | 51700 | 0.5059 | 1,314 | 1159 | 0.604 | |
| 64 | Binghamton University | 25700 | 32700 | 0.2159 | 14,559 | 1404 | 0.3731 | |
| 65 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 25900 | 28300 | 0.0847 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 66 | George Fox University | 26400 | 92800 | 0.7157 | 3,530 | 1168 | 0.9282 | |
| 67 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 26600 | 27900 | 0.0465 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 68 | Oakland University | 26700 | 39600 | 0.3258 | 12,770 | 1039 | 0.8897 | |
| 69 | Cleveland State University | 27100 | 38600 | 0.2981 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 70 | Weber State University | 27200 | 31600 | 0.1394 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 71 | Columbus College of Art & Design | 27700 | 61600 | 0.5504 | 885 | 1080 | 0.6766 | |
| 72 | Kansas City Art Institute | 27800 | 97200 | 0.714 | 813 | 1056 | 0.5476 | |
| 73 | John Brown University | 27900 | 48300 | 0.422 | 2,091 | 1187 | 0.6802 | |
| 74 | Marquette University | 28000 | 63800 | 0.5612 | 8,206 | 1304 | 0.7802 | |
| 75 | New York University | 28900 | 92100 | 0.6862 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 76 | Cornerstone University | 29000 | 40800 | 0.2892 | 1,354 | 1110 | 0.7777 | |
| 77 | Huntington University | 29200 | 44400 | 0.342 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 78 | Minneapolis College of Art and Design | 29300 | 69300 | 0.5773 | 720 | 1211 | 0.4848 | |
| 78 | William Penn University | 29300 | 48000 | 0.3892 | 1,366 | 1035 | 0.7311 | |
| 80 | Long Island University | 29400 | 60500 | 0.5143 | 12,072 | 1229 | 0.8616 | |
| 81 | California Lutheran University | 29600 | 71700 | 0.5874 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 81 | Southern Methodist University | 29600 | 97000 | 0.6948 | 7,545 | 1427 | 0.4764 | |
| 83 | University of Southern California | 29700 | 98300 | 0.698 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 84 | Taylor University | 30100 | 60700 | 0.5037 | 2,769 | 1229 | 0.9881 | |
| 85 | Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale | 30700 | 101400 | 0.6971 | 18,904 | 0 | 0.8516 | |
| 86 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30800 | 78300 | 0.6067 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 86 | Southern Adventist University | 30800 | 49000 | 0.3712 | 2,946 | 1142 | 0.7163 | |
| 88 | DeSales University | 31500 | 100800 | 0.6874 | 2,172 | 1185 | 0.7709 | |
| 89 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 31600 | 39200 | 0.1926 | 10,594 | 1193 | 0.6493 | |
| 90 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32000 | 54400 | 0.4117 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 91 | Azusa Pacific University | 32300 | 66600 | 0.5147 | 2,759 | 1189 | 0.8842 | |
| 92 | Ithaca College | 32400 | 76000 | 0.574 | 4,205 | 1328 | 0.7015 | |
| 92 | Liberty University | 32400 | 44700 | 0.275 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 94 | St Bonaventure University | 32500 | 64800 | 0.4982 | 2,134 | 1165 | 0.8533 | |
| 95 | California State University-Sacramento | 32900 | 33400 | 0.015 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 96 | Belmont University | 33200 | 72300 | 0.5399 | 7,174 | 1273 | 0.9367 | |
| 97 | Harding University | 33400 | 47800 | 0.3012 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 97 | The University of Montana | 33400 | 56800 | 0.4123 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 99 | Baylor University | 33500 | 70400 | 0.5244 | 14,183 | 1302 | 0.5222 | |
| 100 | College for Creative Studies | 33800 | 108300 | 0.6876 | 1,376 | 1100 | 0.9194 | |
| 100 | Pace University | 33800 | 75700 | 0.5538 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 102 | DePaul University | 34200 | 69400 | 0.5069 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 102 | Lee University | 34200 | 39100 | 0.1253 | 3,425 | 1154 | 0.7138 | |
| 104 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,154 | 1100 | 0.8006 | |
| 105 | Anderson University | 35500 | 46900 | 0.2428 | 1,096 | 1035 | 0.7934 | |
| 106 | Rider University | 35600 | 60200 | 0.4088 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 107 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 108 | Western Kentucky University | 36200 | 43300 | 0.1639 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 109 | Loyola University New Orleans | 36900 | 74600 | 0.5052 | 2,871 | 1150 | 0.9058 | |
| 110 | Point Park University | 37300 | 54300 | 0.3129 | 2,498 | 1144 | 0.984 | |
| 111 | Xavier University | 37600 | 68100 | 0.4481 | 3,744 | 1286 | 0.848 | |
| 112 | Southeastern University | 37800 | 79400 | 0.5241 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 113 | University of Central Arkansas | 37900 | 40200 | 0.0595 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 114 | Crown College | 38500 | 53200 | 0.2754 | 1,523 | 1060 | 0.2278 | |
| 115 | Pacific University | 38700 | 74900 | 0.4831 | 1,465 | 1019 | 0.8986 | |
| 116 | Drexel University | 39600 | 86400 | 0.5417 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 117 | University of Mississippi | 40000 | 45200 | 0.115 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 118 | Saint Mary's College of California | 40500 | 83400 | 0.5147 | 1,955 | 1175 | 0.8856 | |
| 119 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 42800 | 80700 | 0.469 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 120 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 43300 | 53400 | 0.1893 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 121 | Montclair State University | 43400 | 47000 | 0.0766 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 122 | California Institute of the Arts | 43600 | 119100 | 0.634 | 870 | 0 | 0.3234 | |
| 123 | Pacific Union College | 44800 | 55700 | 0.1955 | 968 | 1070 | 0.473 | |
| 123 | State University of New York at Cortland | 44800 | 52600 | 0.1482 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 125 | High Point University | 45200 | 72900 | 0.3797 | 5,135 | 1263 | 0.7531 | |
| 126 | The University of Tampa | 45600 | 58500 | 0.2204 | 10,710 | 1250 | 0.4363 | |
| 127 | Wagner College | 46800 | 73400 | 0.3626 | 1,666 | 1240 | 0.88 | |
| 128 | Biola University | 48000 | 74600 | 0.3566 | 3,553 | 1281 | 0.7817 | |
| 129 | Lipscomb University | 48800 | 69900 | 0.3025 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 130 | Marymount Manhattan College | 49500 | 75000 | 0.3398 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 130 | Rutgers University-Newark | 49500 | 61200 | 0.1911 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 132 | Moore College of Art and Design | 49800 | 114300 | 0.5643 | 535 | 1292 | 0.5646 | |
| 133 | Chapman University | 50100 | 94000 | 0.4672 | 7,630 | 1336 | 0.7206 | |
| 134 | Quinnipiac University | 51100 | 79700 | 0.359 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 135 | Lynn University | 51700 | 71600 | 0.2779 | 3,020 | 1135 | 0.7425 | |
| 136 | Emerson College | 54900 | 82600 | 0.3352 | 3,908 | 1359 | 0.5131 | |
| 137 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 55000 | 67500 | 0.1853 | 15,552 | 1174 | 0.8298 | |
| 138 | George Mason University | 56100 | 61400 | 0.0864 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 139 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 58300 | 71200 | 0.1812 | 1,192 | 1232 | 0.7681 | |
| 139 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 63700 | 0.0848 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 141 | Hofstra University | 59100 | 83300 | 0.2906 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 142 | California College of the Arts | 61300 | 113100 | 0.4582 | 1,004 | 1079 | 0.911 | |
| 143 | Ringling College of Art and Design | 64900 | 121500 | 0.4657 | 1,535 | 0 | 0.6794 | |
| 144 | Loyola Marymount University | 67800 | 100200 | 0.3232 | 7,187 | 1347 | 0.4821 | |
| 145 | Pratt Institute-Main | 70400 | 91900 | 0.234 | 3,734 | 1249 | 0.8638 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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