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 Michigan-Ann Arbor | 4900 | 40700 | 0.8787 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 2 | Navajo Technical University | 5300 | 25400 | 0.7914 | 1,678 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 6700 | 70200 | 0.9051 | 2,704 | 1277 | 0.5893 | |
| 4 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 5 | Brown University | 11600 | 94000 | 0.8763 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 6 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 7 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12600 | 54500 | 0.7688 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 8 | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | 12700 | 34600 | 0.6336 | 8,945 | 1099 | 0.975 | |
| 9 | West Virginia University | 13100 | 57700 | 0.7728 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 10 | Northern Illinois University | 13200 | 29000 | 0.5439 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 11 | Fort Hays State University | 13600 | 40700 | 0.6665 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 12 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 47300 | 0.7099 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 12 | Youngstown State University | 13700 | 26800 | 0.4884 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 14 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 13900 | 25700 | 0.4586 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 15 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 14200 | 27800 | 0.4903 | 6,045 | 1193 | 0.8938 | |
| 16 | Louisiana Tech University | 14700 | 36900 | 0.6015 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 17 | Northeastern University | 15000 | 89900 | 0.8331 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 18 | Florida State University | 15600 | 22900 | 0.3184 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 18 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 18 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.393 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 21 | Oakland University | 16000 | 28200 | 0.4329 | 12,587 | 1130 | 0.8784 | |
| 22 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16200 | 23200 | 0.3017 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 23 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 16500 | 17700 | 0.0679 | 18,288 | 1090 | 0.9068 | |
| 23 | Wayne State University | 16500 | 46200 | 0.643 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 25 | Texas State University | 16700 | 24500 | 0.3179 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 26 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 16800 | 48200 | 0.6518 | 21,118 | 980 | 0.9992 | |
| 27 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 17000 | 32200 | 0.4719 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 | |
| 28 | Lamar University | 17200 | 41900 | 0.5895 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 29 | University of Louisville | 17300 | 29100 | 0.4059 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 30 | Francis Marion University | 17500 | 24100 | 0.2743 | 3,692 | 1015 | 0.8639 | |
| 31 | Morgan State University | 17600 | 37200 | 0.5269 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 32 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17700 | 20700 | 0.1449 | 8,320 | 1090 | 0.8858 | |
| 32 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 34 | University of Rhode Island | 17900 | 46400 | 0.6137 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 35 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3461 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 36 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18200 | 41200 | 0.5589 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 37 | California State University-East Bay | 18700 | 30100 | 0.3793 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 38 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 19000 | 25200 | 0.2457 | 6,835 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 39 | Western Michigan University | 19600 | 31200 | 0.3714 | 13,027 | 1115 | 0.846 | |
| 40 | San Jose State University | 19800 | 33600 | 0.4104 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 41 | South Carolina State University | 20000 | 42000 | 0.5233 | 2,950 | 930 | 0.8262 | |
| 41 | University of Southern California | 20000 | 75800 | 0.7365 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 43 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 44 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 20300 | 41300 | 0.5085 | 3,244 | 1224 | 0.9683 | |
| 45 | St. Mary's University | 20400 | 70300 | 0.71 | 2,149 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 46 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 47 | Montana State University | 21600 | 27100 | 0.2027 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 48 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 22100 | 59900 | 0.6309 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 49 | Northwestern University | 22200 | 88100 | 0.7483 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 50 | Bradley University | 22300 | 48500 | 0.5395 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 51 | Colorado Christian University | 22700 | 74500 | 0.6954 | 8,200 | 1110 | 0.9764 | |
| 52 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 22800 | 26900 | 0.1535 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 53 | Saint Ambrose University | 23200 | 55400 | 0.5809 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 54 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23300 | 35000 | 0.3343 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 55 | Indiana Institute of Technology | 23400 | 48800 | 0.5206 | 1,650 | 1055 | 0.7039 | |
| 56 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38000 | 0.3658 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 57 | Iowa State University | 26200 | 42800 | 0.3877 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 58 | SUNY Maritime College | 26600 | 46800 | 0.432 | 1,285 | 1215 | 0.7241 | |
| 59 | University of Arkansas | 26700 | 29600 | 0.0989 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 60 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 26900 | 40500 | 0.3359 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 61 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 27000 | 30100 | 0.104 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 62 | University of Arizona | 27100 | 38500 | 0.2958 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 62 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27100 | 31800 | 0.1458 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8875 | |
| 64 | Kent State University at Kent | 27400 | 28400 | 0.0352 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 65 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0833 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 66 | Methodist University | 28000 | 73900 | 0.6215 | 1,467 | 1185 | 0.7514 | |
| 67 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1277 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 68 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2142 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 68 | Wichita State University | 28900 | 40600 | 0.2886 | 13,313 | 1073 | 0.9395 | |
| 70 | Kansas State University | 29200 | 31400 | 0.072 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 71 | Gannon University | 29500 | 52900 | 0.4427 | 2,768 | 1133 | 0.7416 | |
| 72 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30500 | 78100 | 0.6094 | 14,267 | 1381 | 0.6693 | |
| 73 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 30600 | 62800 | 0.5124 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 74 | East Texas A&M University | 30800 | 36500 | 0.1561 | 9,992 | 1045 | 0.9224 | |
| 75 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 49800 | 0.3755 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 76 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32200 | 36700 | 0.1209 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 77 | Liberty University | 32300 | 44300 | 0.2709 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 78 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4003 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 79 | Lawrence Technological University | 33300 | 82500 | 0.5961 | 2,579 | 1159 | 0.559 | |
| 80 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 33800 | 43100 | 0.2159 | 22,033 | 1321 | 0.3132 | |
| 80 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 33800 | 58500 | 0.4227 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 82 | Hofstra University | 34200 | 77000 | 0.5557 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 83 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4787 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 84 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 85 | University of New Haven | 35200 | 67100 | 0.4755 | 4,903 | 1164 | 0.6038 | |
| 86 | Temple University | 35600 | 55300 | 0.3565 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 87 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 35700 | 42800 | 0.1651 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 88 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 36200 | 56800 | 0.3624 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 89 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36400 | 36600 | 0.0055 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 90 | University of Connecticut | 37300 | 43900 | 0.1505 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 90 | University of Illinois Chicago | 37300 | 49300 | 0.2432 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 92 | Kettering University | 38200 | 83800 | 0.5441 | 1,212 | 1260 | 0.7867 | |
| 93 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 38500 | 38500 | 0 | 7,890 | 1110 | 0.2056 | |
| 94 | Texas Tech University | 38700 | 41000 | 0.0561 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 94 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38700 | 53400 | 0.2754 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 96 | University of Central Florida | 39600 | 39600 | 0 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 97 | Western New England University | 40400 | 67300 | 0.3994 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 98 | Quinnipiac University | 41200 | 79200 | 0.4797 | 6,557 | 1245 | 0.7215 | |
| 99 | University of San Diego | 41300 | 85900 | 0.5193 | 5,851 | 1298 | 0.5238 | |
| 100 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2301 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 101 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46100 | 86200 | 0.4651 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 102 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 103 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 48100 | 48800 | 0.0143 | 6,800 | 1293 | 0.6857 | |
| 104 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50600 | 82600 | 0.3875 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 105 | Binghamton University | 50700 | 52800 | 0.0403 | 14,669 | 1415 | 0.3861 | |
| 106 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.04 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 107 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 54000 | 56100 | 0.038 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 108 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 54100 | 59200 | 0.0867 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 109 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.0921 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 110 | Auburn University | 58700 | 58700 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 111 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 61100 | 66100 | 0.0756 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 112 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0335 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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