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 | Navajo Technical University | 5300 | 25400 | 0.7914 | 1,523 | 0 | 0.9252 | |
| 2 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 6600 | 70200 | 0.9065 | 2,705 | 1292 | 0.6239 | |
| 3 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,164 | 1494 | 0.2965 | |
| 4 | Brown University | 11600 | 94000 | 0.8763 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 5 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 11700 | 48200 | 0.7577 | 20,609 | 990 | 0.999 | |
| 5 | Wichita State University | 11700 | 29800 | 0.6086 | 14,280 | 1094 | 0.7211 | |
| 7 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 8 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 12200 | 26100 | 0.532 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 8 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 12200 | 41900 | 0.7083 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 10 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 10 | East Texas A&M University | 12600 | 30000 | 0.5801 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 10 | University of Central Florida | 12600 | 25300 | 0.5014 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 13 | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | 12700 | 34600 | 0.6336 | 8,975 | 1065 | 0.9721 | |
| 14 | West Virginia University | 12800 | 57700 | 0.778 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 15 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13200 | 54500 | 0.7577 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 15 | Northern Illinois University | 13200 | 29000 | 0.5435 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 17 | Youngstown State University | 13400 | 26800 | 0.4996 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 18 | Kansas State University | 13600 | 26100 | 0.4773 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 19 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 49300 | 0.7221 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 20 | Fort Hays State University | 13800 | 40700 | 0.6617 | 10,206 | 1110 | 0.9177 | |
| 21 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 13900 | 25700 | 0.4586 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 22 | University of Illinois Chicago | 14000 | 30400 | 0.5387 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 23 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 14200 | 22900 | 0.381 | 6,270 | 1180 | 0.8726 | |
| 24 | Louisiana Tech University | 14300 | 36900 | 0.6124 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 25 | Northeastern University | 15000 | 89900 | 0.8331 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 26 | Florida State University | 15600 | 22900 | 0.3184 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 26 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 28 | Oakland University | 16000 | 28200 | 0.4329 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 29 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16100 | 23200 | 0.306 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 30 | Lamar University | 16200 | 22900 | 0.2922 | 8,218 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 31 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 16300 | 35700 | 0.5435 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 32 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 16500 | 17700 | 0.0679 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 32 | Wayne State University | 16500 | 46200 | 0.643 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 34 | Texas State University | 16800 | 26800 | 0.3727 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 35 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 17000 | 32200 | 0.4719 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 36 | University of Louisville | 17300 | 29100 | 0.4059 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 37 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17700 | 20700 | 0.1449 | 8,320 | 1074 | 0.8858 | |
| 37 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 39 | California State University-East Bay | 17900 | 45100 | 0.6034 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 39 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 17900 | 24200 | 0.2608 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 39 | University of Rhode Island | 17900 | 46400 | 0.6137 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 42 | Morgan State University | 18000 | 19700 | 0.0864 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 43 | University of Arizona | 18600 | 30900 | 0.3987 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 44 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 19000 | 25200 | 0.2457 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 45 | Francis Marion University | 19100 | 37100 | 0.485 | 3,635 | 1015 | 0.8639 | |
| 46 | Western Michigan University | 19300 | 26500 | 0.272 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 47 | San Jose State University | 19800 | 33600 | 0.4104 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 48 | University of Southern California | 20000 | 75800 | 0.7365 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 49 | Bradley University | 20100 | 48500 | 0.5849 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 50 | South Carolina State University | 20200 | 30000 | 0.3262 | 2,950 | 910 | 0.8262 | |
| 51 | St. Mary's University | 20500 | 70300 | 0.7086 | 2,150 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 52 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1841 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 53 | Montana State University | 21600 | 27100 | 0.2027 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 54 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 22100 | 59900 | 0.6309 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 55 | Northwestern University | 22200 | 88100 | 0.7483 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 56 | Colorado Christian University | 22700 | 74500 | 0.6954 | 6,730 | 1110 | 0.8328 | |
| 57 | Saint Ambrose University | 23200 | 55400 | 0.5809 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 58 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23300 | 35000 | 0.3343 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 59 | Indiana Institute of Technology | 23400 | 48800 | 0.5206 | 1,642 | 1055 | 0.5713 | |
| 60 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 23900 | 30500 | 0.2162 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 61 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38000 | 0.3658 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 62 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 24800 | 26900 | 0.0794 | 2,170 | 1239 | 0.8525 | |
| 63 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 24900 | 28000 | 0.1119 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 64 | Iowa State University | 26200 | 42800 | 0.3878 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 65 | SUNY Maritime College | 26600 | 46800 | 0.432 | 1,286 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
| 66 | University of Arkansas | 26700 | 29600 | 0.0991 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 67 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27100 | 31800 | 0.1459 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 68 | Methodist University | 28000 | 73900 | 0.6215 | 1,436 | 1175 | 0.752 | |
| 69 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 33700 | 0.1337 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 70 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 71 | Gannon University | 30500 | 52900 | 0.4238 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
| 72 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30800 | 78100 | 0.6056 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 73 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 49800 | 0.3755 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 74 | Liberty University | 31900 | 44300 | 0.2799 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 75 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 76 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4004 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 77 | Lawrence Technological University | 33300 | 82500 | 0.5961 | 2,579 | 1159 | 0.7403 | |
| 78 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 34100 | 58500 | 0.4177 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 79 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4787 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 80 | Hofstra University | 34700 | 77000 | 0.5492 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 81 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 82 | University of New Haven | 35400 | 67100 | 0.4725 | 4,903 | 1180 | 0.6038 | |
| 83 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 35700 | 42800 | 0.1648 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 84 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36200 | 36600 | 0.0109 | 12,216 | 1040 | 0.4617 | |
| 85 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2801 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 86 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37400 | 66500 | 0.4373 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 87 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37500 | 41600 | 0.0993 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 88 | Kettering University | 38400 | 83800 | 0.5418 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 89 | Texas Tech University | 38700 | 41000 | 0.0561 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 90 | Western New England University | 40400 | 67300 | 0.3994 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 91 | Temple University | 40600 | 55300 | 0.266 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 92 | Quinnipiac University | 41300 | 79200 | 0.4784 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
| 92 | University of San Diego | 41300 | 85900 | 0.5193 | 5,851 | 1298 | 0.5238 | |
| 94 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42600 | 54700 | 0.2212 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 95 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2302 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 96 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2745 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 97 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46100 | 86200 | 0.4651 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 98 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 99 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48300 | 60000 | 0.1949 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 100 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0514 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 101 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50500 | 82600 | 0.3887 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 102 | Binghamton University | 50700 | 52800 | 0.0404 | 14,669 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
| 103 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 104 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.0401 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 105 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.1267 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 106 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 54000 | 56100 | 0.038 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 107 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 54100 | 59200 | 0.0867 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 108 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 66100 | 0.121 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 109 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.0921 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 110 | Auburn University | 58700 | 58700 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 111 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0335 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 112 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 63900 | 63900 | 0 | 3,244 | 1224 | 0.9683 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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