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 Washington-Seattle Campus | 9000 | 30000 | 0.6998 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 2 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 96200 | 0.9033 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 3 | University of Richmond | 10000 | 88400 | 0.887 | 3,055 | 1484 | 0.222 | |
| 4 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10200 | 27800 | 0.632 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 5 | Rhode Island College | 11600 | 54600 | 0.7876 | 5,157 | 995 | 0.9182 | |
| 5 | University of Michigan-Flint | 11600 | 45600 | 0.7453 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 7 | Eastern Washington University | 11800 | 28600 | 0.5879 | 6,951 | 1055 | 0.9437 | |
| 7 | Trinity Washington University | 11800 | 54500 | 0.7837 | 1,604 | 0 | 0.9919 | |
| 9 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 12000 | 22800 | 0.4737 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 10 | Indiana State University | 12500 | 31200 | 0.6 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 11 | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | 12700 | 34600 | 0.6336 | 8,975 | 1065 | 0.9721 | |
| 12 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 12900 | 23400 | 0.4493 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 13 | Northern Illinois University | 13200 | 29000 | 0.5435 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 14 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 13300 | 18700 | 0.2891 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 15 | University of Idaho | 13400 | 25800 | 0.4808 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 15 | Youngstown State University | 13400 | 26800 | 0.4996 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 17 | Portland State University | 13500 | 43100 | 0.6873 | 15,414 | 1112 | 0.9087 | |
| 18 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6058 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 19 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 13800 | 64500 | 0.786 | 15,375 | 1179 | 0.866 | |
| 20 | University of Illinois Chicago | 14000 | 30400 | 0.5387 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 14200 | 27800 | 0.4903 | 6,270 | 1180 | 0.8726 | |
| 22 | Georgia Southwestern State University | 14300 | 46400 | 0.6916 | 2,760 | 1055 | 0.7716 | |
| 23 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 14400 | 19300 | 0.2539 | 10,090 | 1075 | 0.9368 | |
| 24 | Trinity University | 14500 | 65800 | 0.7793 | 2,518 | 1402 | 0.2592 | |
| 25 | Central Michigan University | 14600 | 37400 | 0.6102 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 26 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 37700 | 0.6009 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 27 | Avila University | 15200 | 67500 | 0.7748 | 1,335 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 28 | Grand Valley State University | 15300 | 25300 | 0.3957 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 29 | Ball State University | 15500 | 22400 | 0.3085 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 29 | Dickinson State University | 15500 | 21700 | 0.2868 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 29 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15500 | 28700 | 0.46 | 10,454 | 1055 | 0.8176 | |
| 32 | University of Memphis | 15600 | 29900 | 0.4779 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 32 | University of St Francis | 15600 | 71700 | 0.7818 | 1,338 | 1030 | 0.653 | |
| 34 | Oakland University | 16000 | 28200 | 0.4329 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 35 | Lewis University | 16400 | 57700 | 0.7155 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 36 | University of Southern Mississippi | 16500 | 23100 | 0.2857 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 37 | Auburn University at Montgomery | 16800 | 26400 | 0.363 | 3,326 | 1085 | 0.6169 | |
| 37 | Sam Houston State University | 16800 | 23000 | 0.2697 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 37 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16800 | 64800 | 0.7416 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 40 | Ferris State University | 17000 | 31000 | 0.4523 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 40 | Winona State University | 17000 | 23000 | 0.2588 | 5,277 | 1115 | 0.6848 | |
| 42 | Lamar University | 17200 | 41900 | 0.5895 | 8,218 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 43 | Weber State University | 17300 | 41300 | 0.5806 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 44 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17600 | 46700 | 0.6234 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
| 45 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 46 | Saint Leo University | 18100 | 50000 | 0.6378 | 7,603 | 1085 | 0.721 | |
| 46 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18100 | 36500 | 0.5044 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 48 | Salem State University | 18200 | 28500 | 0.3614 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 49 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 18400 | 28200 | 0.3471 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 49 | Texas Woman's University | 18400 | 28200 | 0.3476 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.9613 | |
| 51 | Emporia State University | 18500 | 29800 | 0.3797 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 52 | Northern Michigan University | 18700 | 33100 | 0.4351 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 53 | Lindenwood University | 19200 | 35800 | 0.464 | 4,663 | 1170 | 0.5684 | |
| 54 | Carlow University | 19400 | 79300 | 0.755 | 1,355 | 1080 | 0.8696 | |
| 54 | Culver-Stockton College | 19400 | 59900 | 0.6758 | 861 | 0 | 0.6518 | |
| 54 | La Sierra University | 19400 | 70200 | 0.7235 | 1,244 | 1015 | 0.933 | |
| 57 | Western Michigan University | 19500 | 31200 | 0.3747 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 58 | Mount Vernon Nazarene University | 19600 | 56000 | 0.6502 | 1,631 | 1094 | 0.843 | |
| 59 | Illinois College | 19800 | 55200 | 0.642 | 940 | 1054 | 0.7819 | |
| 60 | University of Northern Iowa | 19900 | 24000 | 0.1722 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 61 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 20100 | 46300 | 0.5657 | 2,634 | 1030 | 0.8841 | |
| 62 | State University of New York at Oswego | 20300 | 40200 | 0.4952 | 5,517 | 1164 | 0.8057 | |
| 62 | Stetson University | 20300 | 79100 | 0.7437 | 2,349 | 1114 | 0.716 | |
| 64 | Grove City College | 20400 | 39700 | 0.4868 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
| 65 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20800 | 57800 | 0.6406 | 1,083 | 1171 | 0.9278 | |
| 65 | Western Illinois University | 20800 | 31000 | 0.3286 | 4,525 | 1000 | 0.7118 | |
| 67 | University of the Incarnate Word | 20900 | 73100 | 0.7143 | 4,638 | 1035 | 0.9815 | |
| 68 | North Central College | 21000 | 63700 | 0.6708 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 68 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,130 | 1095 | 0.5256 | |
| 70 | University of Dubuque | 21100 | 74700 | 0.7179 | 1,417 | 1074 | 0.8863 | |
| 71 | Brenau University | 21200 | 51700 | 0.5896 | 1,273 | 1105 | 0.8778 | |
| 71 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 21200 | 53000 | 0.6006 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 73 | Le Moyne College | 21900 | 58100 | 0.6226 | 2,529 | 1255 | 0.787 | |
| 74 | Upper Iowa University | 22200 | 41700 | 0.4667 | 2,504 | 965 | 0.9338 | |
| 75 | Saint Norbert College | 22500 | 63800 | 0.6471 | 1,970 | 1193 | 0.8574 | |
| 76 | Colorado Christian University | 22700 | 74500 | 0.6954 | 6,730 | 1110 | 0.8328 | |
| 77 | Concordia University-Chicago | 23200 | 67800 | 0.658 | 1,327 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 77 | Saint Ambrose University | 23200 | 55400 | 0.5809 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 79 | Regis University | 23600 | 67200 | 0.6484 | 2,704 | 1199 | 0.8639 | |
| 80 | Tiffin University | 23800 | 48000 | 0.5047 | 2,842 | 985 | 0.8007 | |
| 81 | Houghton University | 23900 | 61900 | 0.6142 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 81 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 23900 | 48900 | 0.5109 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 81 | Point Park University | 23900 | 57000 | 0.581 | 2,337 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
| 84 | Walsh University | 24200 | 46400 | 0.4784 | 1,423 | 1189 | 0.7815 | |
| 85 | Maryville College | 24500 | 58400 | 0.5807 | 1,136 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 86 | Tennessee Wesleyan University | 24700 | 45300 | 0.4549 | 857 | 1040 | 0.5941 | |
| 86 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 24700 | 28500 | 0.1335 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 88 | University of Mount Union | 24800 | 50900 | 0.512 | 1,927 | 1240 | 0.8013 | |
| 89 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 25000 | 56100 | 0.5541 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 90 | Dordt University | 25200 | 52500 | 0.5197 | 1,695 | 1170 | 0.7116 | |
| 91 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 25700 | 26900 | 0.0445 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 92 | Columbia College | 25900 | 51600 | 0.4985 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 93 | Calvin University | 26200 | 53000 | 0.5053 | 3,356 | 1256 | 0.7091 | |
| 93 | Iowa State University | 26200 | 42800 | 0.3878 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 93 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 26200 | 61400 | 0.5725 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 96 | Geneva College | 26500 | 50300 | 0.4744 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 96 | Juniata College | 26500 | 70600 | 0.625 | 1,242 | 1193 | 0.7891 | |
| 98 | Grand View University | 27000 | 38900 | 0.3078 | 1,483 | 1035 | 0.9843 | |
| 99 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27100 | 31800 | 0.1459 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 100 | University of Arizona | 27200 | 38500 | 0.2932 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 101 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27300 | 47900 | 0.4298 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 102 | Cornell College | 27500 | 74800 | 0.6322 | 1,085 | 1243 | 0.8066 | |
| 102 | Park University | 27500 | 31300 | 0.1216 | 5,376 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 102 | Wayland Baptist University | 27500 | 37300 | 0.263 | 2,087 | 925 | 0.5596 | |
| 105 | Thomas Jefferson University | 27600 | 67700 | 0.5922 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 106 | John Carroll University | 27700 | 72100 | 0.6158 | 2,339 | 1292 | 0.809 | |
| 106 | Marquette University | 27700 | 66200 | 0.5813 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 108 | Faulkner University | 28000 | 51500 | 0.4563 | 1,793 | 1035 | 0.6613 | |
| 108 | Thomas College | 28000 | 55800 | 0.4977 | 1,581 | 905 | 0.9707 | |
| 110 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28100 | 46000 | 0.3893 | 3,361 | 1075 | 0.7887 | |
| 111 | Bellevue University | 28200 | 32400 | 0.1278 | 11,096 | 0 | 0.995 | |
| 111 | Lourdes University | 28200 | 40900 | 0.3116 | 827 | 1035 | 0.741 | |
| 113 | DeSales University | 28600 | 87600 | 0.6737 | 2,172 | 1175 | 0.7709 | |
| 113 | Roosevelt University | 28600 | 47600 | 0.4003 | 2,605 | 995 | 0.9427 | |
| 113 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 116 | Wichita State University | 28900 | 40600 | 0.2888 | 14,280 | 1094 | 0.7211 | |
| 117 | University of Toledo | 29500 | 32600 | 0.0961 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 117 | Westminster College | 29500 | 57600 | 0.4879 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 119 | William Penn University | 29600 | 48000 | 0.3838 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 120 | William Peace University | 29700 | 50200 | 0.4087 | 722 | 1170 | 0.9425 | |
| 121 | University of North Dakota | 29900 | 32500 | 0.081 | 11,033 | 1189 | 0.769 | |
| 122 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 123 | Meredith College | 30500 | 64200 | 0.5251 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 124 | University of St Thomas | 31100 | 70300 | 0.5579 | 6,044 | 1299 | 0.9125 | |
| 125 | McKendree University | 32000 | 52200 | 0.3869 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 126 | Central Baptist College | 32300 | 35900 | 0.1013 | 550 | 1025 | 0.4636 | |
| 127 | University of Scranton | 32500 | 78700 | 0.5872 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.8029 | |
| 128 | Rutgers University-Camden | 33000 | 38000 | 0.1315 | 3,922 | 1153 | 0.7775 | |
| 128 | Southern New Hampshire University | 33000 | 52800 | 0.3751 | 2,615 | 965 | 0.8443 | |
| 130 | Anderson University | 33200 | 52500 | 0.3678 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 131 | Fisher College | 33900 | 65300 | 0.4806 | 1,384 | 961 | 0.7075 | |
| 132 | Loyola University Chicago | 34000 | 68100 | 0.5008 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 133 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 34100 | 58500 | 0.4177 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 134 | Charleston Southern University | 34300 | 48400 | 0.2918 | 2,914 | 1060 | 0.7609 | |
| 135 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34500 | 34500 | 0 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 136 | Pace University | 34600 | 74800 | 0.5373 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 137 | Baylor University | 34700 | 70300 | 0.5063 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 138 | Alvernia University | 35300 | 69400 | 0.4912 | 2,050 | 1165 | 0.6232 | |
| 139 | Mount Mercy University | 35500 | 61200 | 0.4205 | 1,185 | 1110 | 0.7876 | |
| 140 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35700 | 66700 | 0.4649 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 141 | Davenport University | 36000 | 44400 | 0.1892 | 12,066 | 0 | 0.9827 | |
| 141 | Immaculata University | 36000 | 47800 | 0.2467 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 143 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 144 | Seton Hill University | 36600 | 88000 | 0.5844 | 1,597 | 1180 | 0.7579 | |
| 145 | Ottawa University-Surprise | 36800 | 56300 | 0.3464 | 768 | 970 | 0.3988 | |
| 146 | Goldey-Beacom College | 37200 | 40200 | 0.0742 | 702 | 0 | 0.7653 | |
| 147 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 37300 | 57000 | 0.3454 | 1,044 | 1163 | 0.7209 | |
| 148 | Xavier University | 37500 | 67500 | 0.4445 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
| 149 | Bloomfield College of Montclair State University | 37900 | 61600 | 0.3844 | 904 | 860 | 0.6723 | |
| 150 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38700 | 53400 | 0.2754 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 151 | Elon University | 38800 | 58200 | 0.3332 | 6,452 | 1244 | 0.6635 | |
| 152 | Concordia University Texas | 39400 | 45800 | 0.1415 | 1,391 | 990 | 0.9106 | |
| 153 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1095 | 0.8814 | |
| 154 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 40200 | 92400 | 0.5648 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 154 | University of Wyoming | 40200 | 45300 | 0.1134 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 156 | Western New England University | 40400 | 67300 | 0.3994 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 157 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40500 | 66000 | 0.3865 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 158 | Temple University | 40600 | 55300 | 0.266 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 159 | Quinnipiac University | 41300 | 79200 | 0.4784 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
| 160 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 57000 | 0.2738 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 161 | Oglethorpe University | 41900 | 68600 | 0.3885 | 1,361 | 1216 | 0.886 | |
| 162 | Bryant University | 42500 | 76200 | 0.4424 | 3,200 | 1265 | 0.6546 | |
| 163 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 43400 | 53700 | 0.1917 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 164 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 165 | Mercyhurst University | 43900 | 66400 | 0.339 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 166 | Mercer University | 47100 | 63700 | 0.2607 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 167 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 168 | University of Mount Olive | 48300 | 50400 | 0.0424 | 1,937 | 1020 | 0.7775 | |
| 169 | Menlo College | 48600 | 86800 | 0.4396 | 831 | 1045 | 0.6781 | |
| 170 | MidAmerica Nazarene University | 50200 | 60300 | 0.168 | 1,204 | 1040 | 0.788 | |
| 171 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.1267 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 172 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 173 | Miami University-Oxford | 56600 | 56600 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 174 | St. John Fisher University | 62500 | 62500 | 0 | 2,583 | 1215 | 0.664 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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