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 | 9300 | 102300 | 0.909 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 2 | University of Richmond | 10000 | 88400 | 0.887 | 3,055 | 1484 | 0.222 | |
| 3 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10200 | 27800 | 0.632 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 4 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 10400 | 25000 | 0.5832 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 5 | Eastern Washington University | 11600 | 31200 | 0.6283 | 6,951 | 1055 | 0.9437 | |
| 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 | |
| 8 | Trinity Washington University | 11800 | 54500 | 0.7837 | 1,604 | 0 | 0.9919 | |
| 8 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11800 | 27800 | 0.5765 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 8 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 11800 | 19600 | 0.3978 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 11 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 12300 | 18700 | 0.3426 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 12 | Indiana State University | 12500 | 31200 | 0.6 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 13 | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | 12700 | 34600 | 0.6336 | 8,975 | 1065 | 0.9721 | |
| 14 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 12900 | 23400 | 0.4493 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 15 | Northern Illinois University | 13200 | 29000 | 0.5435 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 16 | 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 Illinois Chicago | 14000 | 30400 | 0.5387 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 19 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 14200 | 27800 | 0.4903 | 6,270 | 1180 | 0.8726 | |
| 20 | Georgia Southwestern State University | 14300 | 46400 | 0.6916 | 2,760 | 1055 | 0.7716 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 14400 | 23500 | 0.3879 | 10,090 | 1075 | 0.9368 | |
| 22 | Trinity University | 14500 | 65800 | 0.7793 | 2,518 | 1402 | 0.2592 | |
| 23 | Central Michigan University | 14600 | 37400 | 0.6102 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 24 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14800 | 64500 | 0.7705 | 15,375 | 1179 | 0.866 | |
| 25 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 29000 | 0.4808 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 26 | Avila University | 15200 | 67500 | 0.7748 | 1,335 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 27 | Ball State University | 15500 | 22400 | 0.3085 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 27 | Dickinson State University | 15500 | 21700 | 0.2868 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 27 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15500 | 25600 | 0.3938 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 27 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15500 | 28700 | 0.46 | 10,454 | 1055 | 0.8176 | |
| 31 | University of St Francis | 15600 | 71700 | 0.7818 | 1,338 | 1030 | 0.653 | |
| 32 | University of Memphis | 15800 | 26400 | 0.4023 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 33 | Lamar University | 16200 | 22900 | 0.2922 | 8,218 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 34 | Lewis University | 16400 | 57700 | 0.7155 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 35 | Sam Houston State University | 16800 | 23000 | 0.2697 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 36 | Ferris State University | 17000 | 31000 | 0.4523 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 37 | Weber State University | 17400 | 41300 | 0.5782 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 38 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17500 | 46700 | 0.6255 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
| 39 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 40 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 18000 | 35300 | 0.4896 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 41 | Saint Leo University | 18100 | 50000 | 0.6378 | 7,603 | 1085 | 0.721 | |
| 41 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18100 | 36500 | 0.5044 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 43 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 18400 | 28200 | 0.3471 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 43 | Texas Woman's University | 18400 | 28200 | 0.3476 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.9613 | |
| 45 | Emporia State University | 18500 | 29800 | 0.3797 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 46 | Northern Michigan University | 18700 | 33100 | 0.4351 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 47 | Lindenwood University | 19200 | 35800 | 0.464 | 4,663 | 1170 | 0.5684 | |
| 48 | Carlow University | 19400 | 79300 | 0.755 | 1,355 | 1080 | 0.8696 | |
| 48 | Culver-Stockton College | 19400 | 59900 | 0.6758 | 861 | 0 | 0.6518 | |
| 48 | La Sierra University | 19400 | 70200 | 0.7235 | 1,244 | 1015 | 0.933 | |
| 48 | Salem State University | 19400 | 35100 | 0.4471 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 52 | Western Michigan University | 19500 | 31200 | 0.3747 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 53 | Mount Vernon Nazarene University | 19600 | 56000 | 0.6502 | 1,631 | 1094 | 0.843 | |
| 54 | Illinois College | 19800 | 55200 | 0.642 | 940 | 1054 | 0.7819 | |
| 55 | University of Northern Iowa | 19900 | 24000 | 0.1722 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 56 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 20100 | 46300 | 0.5657 | 2,634 | 1030 | 0.8841 | |
| 57 | State University of New York at Oswego | 20300 | 40200 | 0.4952 | 5,517 | 1164 | 0.8057 | |
| 57 | Stetson University | 20300 | 79100 | 0.7437 | 2,349 | 1114 | 0.716 | |
| 59 | Grove City College | 20400 | 39700 | 0.4868 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
| 60 | University of Wyoming | 20700 | 27900 | 0.2588 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 61 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20800 | 57800 | 0.6406 | 1,083 | 1171 | 0.9278 | |
| 61 | Western Illinois University | 20800 | 31000 | 0.3286 | 4,525 | 1000 | 0.7118 | |
| 63 | University of the Incarnate Word | 20900 | 73100 | 0.7143 | 4,638 | 1035 | 0.9815 | |
| 64 | North Central College | 21000 | 63700 | 0.6708 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 65 | Brenau University | 21100 | 51700 | 0.5915 | 1,273 | 1105 | 0.8778 | |
| 65 | University of Dubuque | 21100 | 74700 | 0.7179 | 1,417 | 1074 | 0.8863 | |
| 67 | Le Moyne College | 21900 | 58100 | 0.6226 | 2,529 | 1255 | 0.787 | |
| 68 | Upper Iowa University | 22200 | 41700 | 0.4667 | 2,504 | 965 | 0.9338 | |
| 69 | Winona State University | 22300 | 29500 | 0.2455 | 5,277 | 1115 | 0.6848 | |
| 70 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 22600 | 47900 | 0.5278 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 70 | Saint Norbert College | 22600 | 63800 | 0.6455 | 1,970 | 1193 | 0.8574 | |
| 72 | Colorado Christian University | 22700 | 74500 | 0.6954 | 6,730 | 1110 | 0.8328 | |
| 73 | Concordia University-Chicago | 23200 | 67800 | 0.658 | 1,327 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 73 | Saint Ambrose University | 23200 | 55400 | 0.5809 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 75 | Regis University | 23600 | 67200 | 0.6484 | 2,704 | 1199 | 0.8639 | |
| 76 | Tiffin University | 23800 | 48000 | 0.5047 | 2,842 | 985 | 0.8007 | |
| 77 | Houghton University | 23900 | 61900 | 0.6142 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 77 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 23900 | 48900 | 0.5109 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 79 | Point Park University | 24000 | 57000 | 0.5793 | 2,337 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
| 80 | Walsh University | 24200 | 46400 | 0.4784 | 1,423 | 1189 | 0.7815 | |
| 81 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24400 | 26500 | 0.0792 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 82 | Maryville College | 24500 | 58400 | 0.5807 | 1,136 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 83 | Tennessee Wesleyan University | 24700 | 45300 | 0.4549 | 857 | 1040 | 0.5941 | |
| 84 | Miami University-Oxford | 24800 | 28400 | 0.1267 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 84 | University of Mount Union | 24800 | 50900 | 0.512 | 1,927 | 1240 | 0.8013 | |
| 86 | Marquette University | 25000 | 63100 | 0.6034 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 87 | Dordt University | 25200 | 52500 | 0.5197 | 1,695 | 1170 | 0.7116 | |
| 88 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 25700 | 26900 | 0.0445 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 89 | Columbia College | 25900 | 51600 | 0.4985 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 90 | Calvin University | 26200 | 53000 | 0.5053 | 3,356 | 1256 | 0.7091 | |
| 90 | Grand Valley State University | 26200 | 36300 | 0.2786 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 90 | Iowa State University | 26200 | 42800 | 0.3878 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 90 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 26200 | 61400 | 0.5725 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 94 | Auburn University at Montgomery | 26300 | 34500 | 0.2378 | 3,326 | 1085 | 0.6169 | |
| 95 | Geneva College | 26500 | 50300 | 0.4744 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 95 | Juniata College | 26500 | 70600 | 0.625 | 1,242 | 1193 | 0.7891 | |
| 97 | Oakland University | 26800 | 39700 | 0.325 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 98 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 45200 | 0.4023 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 99 | University of Arizona | 27200 | 38500 | 0.2932 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 100 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27300 | 31100 | 0.1233 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 101 | Cornell College | 27500 | 74800 | 0.6322 | 1,085 | 1243 | 0.8066 | |
| 101 | Park University | 27500 | 31300 | 0.1216 | 5,376 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 101 | Wayland Baptist University | 27500 | 37300 | 0.263 | 2,087 | 925 | 0.5596 | |
| 104 | Thomas Jefferson University | 27600 | 67700 | 0.5922 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 105 | John Carroll University | 27700 | 72100 | 0.6158 | 2,339 | 1292 | 0.809 | |
| 106 | Faulkner University | 28000 | 51500 | 0.4563 | 1,793 | 1035 | 0.6613 | |
| 106 | Thomas College | 28000 | 55800 | 0.4977 | 1,581 | 905 | 0.9707 | |
| 108 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28100 | 46000 | 0.3893 | 3,361 | 1075 | 0.7887 | |
| 109 | Bellevue University | 28200 | 32400 | 0.1278 | 11,096 | 0 | 0.995 | |
| 109 | Lourdes University | 28200 | 40900 | 0.3116 | 827 | 1035 | 0.741 | |
| 111 | DeSales University | 28600 | 87600 | 0.6737 | 2,172 | 1175 | 0.7709 | |
| 111 | Roosevelt University | 28600 | 47600 | 0.4003 | 2,605 | 995 | 0.9427 | |
| 111 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 114 | Wichita State University | 28900 | 40600 | 0.2888 | 14,280 | 1094 | 0.7211 | |
| 115 | Westminster College | 29500 | 57600 | 0.4879 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 116 | William Penn University | 29600 | 48000 | 0.3838 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 117 | William Peace University | 29700 | 50200 | 0.4087 | 722 | 1170 | 0.9425 | |
| 118 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 119 | Meredith College | 30500 | 64200 | 0.5251 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 120 | University of Toledo | 30800 | 42000 | 0.2653 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 121 | University of North Dakota | 31100 | 33700 | 0.0781 | 11,033 | 1189 | 0.769 | |
| 121 | University of St Thomas | 31100 | 70300 | 0.5579 | 6,044 | 1299 | 0.9125 | |
| 123 | Grand View University | 31900 | 58100 | 0.45 | 1,483 | 1035 | 0.9843 | |
| 124 | McKendree University | 32000 | 52200 | 0.3869 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 125 | Central Baptist College | 32300 | 35900 | 0.1013 | 550 | 1025 | 0.4636 | |
| 126 | University of Scranton | 32500 | 78700 | 0.5872 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.8029 | |
| 127 | Southern New Hampshire University | 32900 | 52800 | 0.377 | 2,615 | 965 | 0.8443 | |
| 128 | Anderson University | 33200 | 52500 | 0.3678 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 129 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 1095 | 0.5256 | |
| 130 | Fisher College | 33900 | 65300 | 0.4806 | 1,384 | 961 | 0.7075 | |
| 131 | Loyola University Chicago | 34000 | 68100 | 0.5008 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 132 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 34100 | 58500 | 0.4177 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 133 | Charleston Southern University | 34300 | 48400 | 0.2918 | 2,914 | 1060 | 0.7609 | |
| 134 | Pace University | 34600 | 74800 | 0.5373 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 135 | Baylor University | 34700 | 70300 | 0.5063 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 136 | Alvernia University | 35200 | 69400 | 0.4927 | 2,050 | 1165 | 0.6232 | |
| 137 | Mount Mercy University | 35500 | 61200 | 0.4205 | 1,185 | 1110 | 0.7876 | |
| 138 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35700 | 66700 | 0.4649 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 139 | Davenport University | 36000 | 44400 | 0.1892 | 4,662 | 0 | 0.9827 | |
| 139 | Immaculata University | 36000 | 47800 | 0.2467 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 141 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 142 | Seton Hill University | 36600 | 88000 | 0.5844 | 1,597 | 1180 | 0.7579 | |
| 143 | Ottawa University-Surprise | 37000 | 56300 | 0.3428 | 768 | 970 | 0.3988 | |
| 144 | Goldey-Beacom College | 37200 | 40200 | 0.0742 | 702 | 0 | 0.7653 | |
| 145 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 37300 | 57000 | 0.3454 | 1,044 | 1163 | 0.7209 | |
| 146 | Xavier University | 37500 | 67500 | 0.4445 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
| 147 | Bloomfield College of Montclair State University | 37900 | 61600 | 0.3844 | 904 | 860 | 0.6723 | |
| 148 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38700 | 53400 | 0.2754 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 149 | Elon University | 38800 | 58200 | 0.3332 | 6,452 | 1244 | 0.6635 | |
| 150 | Concordia University Texas | 39400 | 45800 | 0.1415 | 1,391 | 990 | 0.9106 | |
| 151 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1095 | 0.8814 | |
| 152 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 40200 | 92400 | 0.5648 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 153 | Western New England University | 40400 | 67300 | 0.3994 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 154 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40500 | 66000 | 0.3865 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 155 | Temple University | 40600 | 55300 | 0.266 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 156 | Quinnipiac University | 41300 | 79200 | 0.4784 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
| 157 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 57000 | 0.2738 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 158 | Oglethorpe University | 41900 | 68600 | 0.3885 | 1,361 | 1216 | 0.886 | |
| 159 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 42300 | 42300 | 0 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 160 | Bryant University | 42500 | 76200 | 0.4424 | 3,200 | 1265 | 0.6546 | |
| 161 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 43400 | 53700 | 0.1917 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 162 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 163 | Mercyhurst University | 43800 | 66400 | 0.3405 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 164 | Rutgers University-Camden | 44000 | 60900 | 0.2773 | 3,922 | 1153 | 0.7775 | |
| 165 | Mercer University | 47100 | 63700 | 0.2607 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 166 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 167 | University of Delaware | 47700 | 61300 | 0.2229 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 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 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.1267 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 171 | MidAmerica Nazarene University | 53400 | 63600 | 0.1594 | 1,204 | 1040 | 0.788 | |
| 172 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 173 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 66100 | 0.121 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 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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