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 | Northwest Indian College | 10600 | 25700 | 0.5883 | 696 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11000 | 31800 | 0.6544 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 3 | Lincoln University | 11600 | 31700 | 0.6334 | 1,545 | 890 | 0.6572 | |
| 4 | Grace Christian University | 12600 | 41400 | 0.6962 | 891 | 995 | 0.9931 | |
| 5 | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | 12700 | 34600 | 0.6336 | 8,975 | 1065 | 0.9721 | |
| 6 | Lindsey Wilson College | 13000 | 60700 | 0.7854 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 7 | Northern Illinois University | 13200 | 29000 | 0.5435 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 8 | Arkansas Baptist College | 13500 | 31200 | 0.5678 | 373 | 0 | 0.5774 | |
| 9 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6058 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 10 | East Central University | 14100 | 18500 | 0.2382 | 2,644 | 1055 | 0.5815 | |
| 10 | University of South Florida | 14100 | 17100 | 0.1753 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 12 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14300 | 28100 | 0.4911 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 14400 | 19000 | 0.2423 | 11,874 | 1082 | 0.8377 | |
| 14 | Stephen F Austin State University | 14600 | 22600 | 0.3536 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 15 | Urshan University | 14700 | 19500 | 0.2461 | 514 | 1040 | 0.8387 | |
| 16 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 14800 | 26700 | 0.4465 | 6,706 | 965 | 0.92 | |
| 17 | Northeastern University | 15000 | 89900 | 0.8331 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 17 | University of North Texas | 15000 | 25700 | 0.4169 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 19 | Troy University | 15100 | 32600 | 0.5365 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 19 | Valley City State University | 15100 | 23000 | 0.3431 | 1,651 | 1055 | 0.9907 | |
| 21 | University of North Georgia | 15200 | 48000 | 0.6836 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 22 | Gordon State College | 15300 | 33500 | 0.5433 | 3,129 | 965 | 0.8678 | |
| 23 | Central Washington University | 15600 | 27900 | 0.4416 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 24 | Fitchburg State University | 15700 | 30100 | 0.4777 | 3,027 | 1150 | 0.8693 | |
| 25 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 15800 | 41600 | 0.6209 | 9,302 | 1125 | 0.9735 | |
| 26 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16100 | 23200 | 0.306 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 27 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 16400 | 31600 | 0.4816 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 28 | Waynesburg University | 16600 | 45000 | 0.63 | 1,088 | 1099 | 0.9169 | |
| 29 | University of Northern Colorado | 17200 | 30500 | 0.4361 | 6,480 | 1085 | 0.9363 | |
| 30 | University of Mary | 17700 | 32600 | 0.4577 | 2,650 | 1189 | 0.7825 | |
| 31 | Dakota Wesleyan University | 18000 | 46400 | 0.6126 | 767 | 1108 | 0.7277 | |
| 31 | Quincy University | 18000 | 68100 | 0.7351 | 1,072 | 1115 | 0.5093 | |
| 33 | Saint Leo University | 18100 | 50000 | 0.6378 | 7,603 | 1085 | 0.721 | |
| 33 | Simpson College | 18100 | 59500 | 0.6959 | 1,140 | 1430 | 0.8888 | |
| 35 | Carson-Newman University | 18300 | 51900 | 0.6476 | 1,606 | 1110 | 0.9045 | |
| 36 | California State University-Fullerton | 18400 | 41500 | 0.5576 | 38,597 | 0 | 0.9052 | |
| 37 | Lee University | 18500 | 37400 | 0.5057 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 38 | Southwestern Christian University | 18800 | 26800 | 0.299 | 351 | 930 | 0.8034 | |
| 39 | Texas Southern University | 19500 | 42500 | 0.5415 | 6,619 | 915 | 0.9335 | |
| 40 | Nelson University | 19900 | 53900 | 0.6313 | 1,413 | 1020 | 0.8423 | |
| 41 | Olivet Nazarene University | 20300 | 71400 | 0.7159 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 42 | Bethel University | 20600 | 62500 | 0.6698 | 1,107 | 1070 | 0.9868 | |
| 43 | Lancaster Bible College Capital Seminary & Graduate School | 21300 | 60200 | 0.6462 | 1,778 | 1170 | 0.9519 | |
| 44 | Kennesaw State University | 21400 | 27200 | 0.2133 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 45 | Anna Maria College | 21800 | 54200 | 0.598 | 995 | 985 | 0.896 | |
| 45 | Calumet College of Saint Joseph | 21800 | 50800 | 0.5712 | 560 | 915 | 0.5728 | |
| 47 | University of the Cumberlands | 22000 | 26400 | 0.1663 | 6,091 | 1110 | 0.7139 | |
| 48 | Bethel University | 22200 | 41600 | 0.4664 | 2,719 | 1005 | 0.9717 | |
| 48 | Upper Iowa University | 22200 | 41700 | 0.4667 | 2,504 | 965 | 0.9338 | |
| 50 | William Woods University | 22400 | 60800 | 0.6312 | 1,097 | 1140 | 0.7449 | |
| 51 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6195 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 51 | Saint Norbert College | 22500 | 63800 | 0.6471 | 1,970 | 1193 | 0.8574 | |
| 53 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22800 | 58100 | 0.608 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 54 | Murray State University | 22900 | 27600 | 0.1682 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 55 | Mount Saint Mary College | 23000 | 68400 | 0.6638 | 2,141 | 1090 | 0.8888 | |
| 56 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 23300 | 36500 | 0.3619 | 5,823 | 1150 | 0.8619 | |
| 57 | University of Minnesota-Morris | 23500 | 30300 | 0.2255 | 981 | 1140 | 0.7493 | |
| 58 | Elmira College | 23900 | 69000 | 0.6533 | 745 | 1250 | 0.7696 | |
| 59 | Fontbonne University | 24000 | 49800 | 0.5183 | 650 | 1090 | 0.9503 | |
| 59 | Hilbert College | 24000 | 63200 | 0.6205 | 939 | 1080 | 0.98 | |
| 59 | Midland University | 24000 | 74700 | 0.6788 | 1,333 | 1070 | 0.6692 | |
| 62 | Judson University | 24200 | 49100 | 0.5067 | 793 | 985 | 0.6233 | |
| 62 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24200 | 55200 | 0.561 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 64 | University of Bridgeport | 25600 | 65800 | 0.611 | 1,479 | 1000 | 0.6431 | |
| 65 | Shorter University | 25700 | 36500 | 0.2953 | 1,091 | 1090 | 0.9693 | |
| 66 | Columbia College | 25900 | 51600 | 0.4985 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 66 | East Tennessee State University | 25900 | 30600 | 0.1535 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 68 | Doane University | 26000 | 77700 | 0.665 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 69 | North Central University | 26200 | 43900 | 0.4035 | 865 | 1075 | 0.9082 | |
| 70 | Geneva College | 26500 | 50300 | 0.4744 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 70 | Washburn University | 26500 | 36300 | 0.2697 | 5,331 | 1095 | 1 | |
| 72 | Wingate University | 26800 | 65000 | 0.5869 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 73 | Emmanuel College | 27000 | 68300 | 0.605 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 74 | Pennsylvania College of Technology | 27200 | 45500 | 0.4024 | 4,264 | 1130 | 0.7423 | |
| 74 | University of Arizona | 27200 | 38500 | 0.2932 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 76 | Wayland Baptist University | 27500 | 37300 | 0.263 | 2,087 | 925 | 0.5596 | |
| 77 | Bellevue University | 28200 | 32400 | 0.1278 | 11,096 | 0 | 0.995 | |
| 78 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28300 | 41800 | 0.322 | 1,817 | 1094 | 0.8078 | |
| 79 | Mercy University | 28700 | 44500 | 0.3552 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 80 | Chestnut Hill College | 29100 | 75900 | 0.6167 | 972 | 995 | 0.7913 | |
| 81 | William Penn University | 29600 | 48000 | 0.3838 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 82 | New England College | 29700 | 65800 | 0.5487 | 1,032 | 930 | 0.9213 | |
| 83 | Southeastern University | 29800 | 60500 | 0.5072 | 10,351 | 1110 | 0.6165 | |
| 83 | York College of Pennsylvania | 29800 | 45800 | 0.3496 | 3,308 | 1140 | 0.942 | |
| 85 | Goodwin University | 29900 | 36400 | 0.1787 | 2,911 | 0 | 1 | |
| 86 | Meredith College | 30500 | 64200 | 0.5251 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 87 | Franklin Pierce University | 30600 | 68300 | 0.5516 | 1,058 | 1045 | 0.9083 | |
| 88 | East Texas A&M University | 30800 | 36500 | 0.1561 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 89 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31500 | 47100 | 0.3316 | 887 | 1100 | 1 | |
| 90 | Missouri Baptist University | 31700 | 53800 | 0.4113 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 91 | Grand View University | 31900 | 58100 | 0.45 | 1,483 | 1035 | 0.9843 | |
| 91 | Liberty University | 31900 | 44300 | 0.2799 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 91 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31900 | 50000 | 0.3623 | 898 | 975 | 0.7614 | |
| 94 | University of Scranton | 32500 | 78700 | 0.5872 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.8029 | |
| 95 | Nova Southeastern University | 32600 | 56300 | 0.4207 | 7,307 | 1165 | 0.7324 | |
| 96 | Southern New Hampshire University | 33000 | 52800 | 0.3751 | 2,615 | 965 | 0.8443 | |
| 97 | Anderson University | 33200 | 52500 | 0.3678 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 98 | California Baptist University | 33600 | 65600 | 0.4876 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 99 | Columbia International University | 33700 | 44800 | 0.2486 | 721 | 1050 | 0.9461 | |
| 99 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 55900 | 0.3974 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 99 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 99 | Touro University | 33700 | 42000 | 0.1974 | 5,098 | 1366 | 0.6185 | |
| 103 | Beacon College | 33800 | 98100 | 0.6553 | 531 | 0 | 0.1677 | |
| 104 | Fisher College | 33900 | 65300 | 0.4806 | 1,384 | 961 | 0.7075 | |
| 105 | Loyola University Chicago | 34000 | 68100 | 0.5008 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 106 | LeTourneau University | 34100 | 54800 | 0.378 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 107 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 35000 | 37600 | 0.0701 | 3,018 | 920 | 0.9386 | |
| 108 | Lander University | 35100 | 37700 | 0.0691 | 3,669 | 1060 | 0.6792 | |
| 109 | Hardin-Simmons University | 35900 | 49700 | 0.2776 | 1,291 | 1110 | 0.862 | |
| 110 | Ottawa University-Surprise | 36900 | 56300 | 0.3446 | 768 | 970 | 0.3988 | |
| 111 | Bluefield University | 37200 | 43200 | 0.1389 | 694 | 995 | 0.6272 | |
| 111 | Goldey-Beacom College | 37200 | 40200 | 0.0742 | 702 | 0 | 0.7653 | |
| 113 | Towson University | 37600 | 46400 | 0.1897 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 114 | Lesley University | 37800 | 54700 | 0.3091 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.9442 | |
| 114 | Queens University of Charlotte | 37800 | 68200 | 0.4455 | 1,225 | 1235 | 0.5651 | |
| 116 | Elon University | 38800 | 58200 | 0.3332 | 6,452 | 1244 | 0.6635 | |
| 116 | Montreat College | 38800 | 55000 | 0.2935 | 759 | 1055 | 0.6555 | |
| 118 | Ohio Christian University | 40200 | 42300 | 0.0504 | 1,340 | 890 | 0.399 | |
| 119 | Spelman College | 40900 | 49200 | 0.1693 | 2,712 | 1218 | 0.2487 | |
| 120 | Western Washington University | 42400 | 51500 | 0.1769 | 13,752 | 1218 | 0.9325 | |
| 121 | Central Christian College of Kansas | 43000 | 45200 | 0.0473 | 437 | 1020 | 0.957 | |
| 122 | Lees-McRae College | 44600 | 58700 | 0.2408 | 873 | 1140 | 0.7685 | |
| 123 | City University of Seattle | 46300 | 46300 | 0 | 1,180 | 0 | 0.9025 | |
| 124 | Mercer University | 47100 | 63700 | 0.2607 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 125 | University of Mount Olive | 48300 | 50400 | 0.0424 | 1,937 | 1020 | 0.7775 | |
| 126 | University of Oregon | 66800 | 68900 | 0.031 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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