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 | Johns Hopkins University | 2700 | 92000 | 0.9704 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 2 | Emory University | 8300 | 92500 | 0.9103 | 7,407 | 1499 | 0.1029 | |
| 3 | Marshall University | 9200 | 34400 | 0.732 | 9,146 | 1065 | 0.9572 | |
| 4 | California State University-Northridge | 9400 | 22400 | 0.5792 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.881 | |
| 5 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11000 | 27400 | 0.5982 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 6 | Boston University | 11300 | 91600 | 0.8769 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 7 | Idaho State University | 11500 | 27000 | 0.5735 | 10,406 | 0 | 0.8396 | |
| 8 | Rhode Island College | 11600 | 54600 | 0.7876 | 5,157 | 995 | 0.9182 | |
| 8 | University of Michigan-Flint | 11600 | 45600 | 0.7453 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 10 | Midwestern State University | 12000 | 21600 | 0.4439 | 4,303 | 1055 | 0.9347 | |
| 10 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 12 | 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 | Eastern Illinois University | 13000 | 24300 | 0.4652 | 6,785 | 990 | 0.6535 | |
| 15 | Northern Illinois University | 13200 | 29000 | 0.5439 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 16 | Youngstown State University | 13400 | 26800 | 0.4996 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 17 | University of Southern Indiana | 13600 | 26000 | 0.4754 | 5,347 | 1145 | 0.9581 | |
| 18 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14300 | 28000 | 0.489 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 19 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 14400 | 19000 | 0.2423 | 11,874 | 1082 | 0.8377 | |
| 20 | Central Michigan University | 14600 | 37400 | 0.6102 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 21 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 14900 | 36300 | 0.5897 | 733 | 1045 | 0.6776 | |
| 21 | California State University-Chico | 14900 | 23500 | 0.3656 | 13,392 | 1117 | 0.9158 | |
| 23 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 37700 | 0.6009 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 24 | Avila University | 15200 | 67500 | 0.7748 | 1,335 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 24 | Lewis-Clark State College | 15200 | 23500 | 0.3525 | 3,793 | 1010 | 0.9407 | |
| 24 | Troy University | 15200 | 26700 | 0.4306 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 27 | Western Carolina University | 15300 | 16500 | 0.0729 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 28 | Colorado Mesa University | 15400 | 24800 | 0.3768 | 9,473 | 1090 | 0.9829 | |
| 28 | Wayne State University | 15400 | 32900 | 0.5316 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 30 | University of Arkansas-Fort Smith | 15500 | 21700 | 0.2851 | 5,463 | 1055 | 0.8147 | |
| 31 | University of St Francis | 15600 | 71700 | 0.7821 | 1,338 | 1030 | 0.653 | |
| 32 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 15700 | 46800 | 0.665 | 6,550 | 1110 | 0.7456 | |
| 33 | Sam Houston State University | 16100 | 30300 | 0.4683 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 34 | University of South Alabama | 16200 | 22400 | 0.2773 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 35 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 16400 | 31600 | 0.4816 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 35 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16400 | 42600 | 0.6153 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 35 | Rogers State University | 16400 | 39700 | 0.5875 | 3,141 | 936 | 0.6683 | |
| 35 | University of Florida | 16400 | 22500 | 0.271 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 39 | Appalachian State University | 16500 | 19500 | 0.1541 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 39 | Goshen College | 16500 | 55900 | 0.7046 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 39 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16500 | 23200 | 0.2888 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 39 | SUNY at Fredonia | 16500 | 27800 | 0.407 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 43 | Alabama A & M University | 16600 | 44800 | 0.6289 | 5,845 | 920 | 0.6622 | |
| 43 | Lewis University | 16600 | 57700 | 0.7121 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 45 | Texas State University | 16800 | 26800 | 0.3727 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 46 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16900 | 64800 | 0.7388 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 47 | Arkansas State University | 17000 | 28100 | 0.3952 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 47 | Ferris State University | 17000 | 31000 | 0.4523 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 49 | Weber State University | 17300 | 41300 | 0.5806 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 50 | Bluefield State University | 17400 | 30700 | 0.4337 | 1,249 | 990 | 0.8722 | |
| 51 | Western Kentucky University | 17500 | 27000 | 0.3515 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 52 | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse | 17600 | 21300 | 0.1728 | 9,513 | 1200 | 0.8122 | |
| 53 | University of Mary | 17700 | 32600 | 0.4581 | 2,650 | 1189 | 0.7825 | |
| 53 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 53 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 17700 | 42900 | 0.5872 | 1,002 | 1115 | 0.8898 | |
| 56 | Holy Family University | 17800 | 56400 | 0.6848 | 2,650 | 1030 | 0.7104 | |
| 56 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17800 | 44900 | 0.6031 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 58 | Campbellsville University | 17900 | 43200 | 0.585 | 6,853 | 1055 | 0.9833 | |
| 58 | Georgia Southern University | 17900 | 26800 | 0.3326 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 58 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17900 | 52500 | 0.659 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 61 | Augusta University | 18000 | 51200 | 0.648 | 6,078 | 1125 | 0.6276 | |
| 61 | Quincy University | 18000 | 68100 | 0.7351 | 1,072 | 1115 | 0.5093 | |
| 63 | Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | 18100 | 35800 | 0.4942 | 836 | 1070 | 0.9235 | |
| 63 | University of Holy Cross | 18100 | 36300 | 0.5021 | 806 | 985 | 0.9901 | |
| 65 | California State University-Fullerton | 18300 | 20600 | 0.1096 | 38,597 | 0 | 0.9052 | |
| 66 | Eastern Kentucky University | 19000 | 34400 | 0.4471 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 66 | McNeese State University | 19000 | 32800 | 0.4213 | 5,560 | 1070 | 0.6755 | |
| 66 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 19000 | 67900 | 0.7197 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 69 | University of Mississippi | 19100 | 45000 | 0.5762 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 70 | Culver-Stockton College | 19400 | 59900 | 0.6758 | 861 | 0 | 0.6518 | |
| 71 | La Roche University | 19700 | 66200 | 0.7028 | 755 | 1069 | 0.7016 | |
| 71 | Texas Tech University | 19700 | 27900 | 0.2942 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 73 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 19800 | 26500 | 0.2531 | 9,967 | 1080 | 0.9475 | |
| 73 | San Jose State University | 19800 | 33600 | 0.4104 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 73 | Texas Southern University | 19800 | 25500 | 0.2239 | 6,619 | 915 | 0.9335 | |
| 76 | California State University-Los Angeles | 20000 | 59200 | 0.6626 | 19,354 | 965 | 0.9125 | |
| 76 | Towson University | 20000 | 30000 | 0.3329 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 78 | Bradley University | 20200 | 48500 | 0.5829 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 78 | Marian University | 20200 | 47200 | 0.5714 | 1,074 | 1035 | 0.6677 | |
| 80 | Boise State University | 20300 | 59700 | 0.66 | 24,030 | 1025 | 0.8721 | |
| 80 | State University of New York at Oswego | 20300 | 40200 | 0.4952 | 5,517 | 1164 | 0.8057 | |
| 82 | Henderson State University | 20400 | 37500 | 0.4564 | 1,493 | 1075 | 0.8192 | |
| 82 | Minot State University | 20400 | 23500 | 0.131 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 84 | Bowie State University | 21000 | 50200 | 0.5822 | 5,136 | 875 | 0.75 | |
| 84 | North Central College | 21000 | 63700 | 0.6708 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 86 | University of Northern Iowa | 21100 | 24000 | 0.123 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 87 | Southwestern Adventist University | 21400 | 49800 | 0.5701 | 813 | 1064 | 0.5552 | |
| 88 | University of Montevallo | 21500 | 53500 | 0.5979 | 2,545 | 1124 | 0.539 | |
| 89 | Austin Peay State University | 21700 | 29100 | 0.2541 | 8,926 | 0 | 0.9638 | |
| 89 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21700 | 28200 | 0.2309 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 91 | Morningside University | 21900 | 79200 | 0.7234 | 1,177 | 922 | 0.7057 | |
| 92 | Vermont State University | 22100 | 26900 | 0.1781 | 4,087 | 960 | 0.8323 | |
| 93 | Northwestern University | 22200 | 88100 | 0.7483 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 94 | San Francisco State University | 22700 | 55400 | 0.5903 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 95 | Briar Cliff University | 23100 | 67700 | 0.6588 | 737 | 1075 | 0.6169 | |
| 95 | Murray State University | 23100 | 27600 | 0.1616 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 97 | Saint Ambrose University | 23200 | 55400 | 0.5809 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 98 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23300 | 25800 | 0.0953 | 7,290 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
| 99 | Columbia College Chicago | 23500 | 63200 | 0.6285 | 5,422 | 0 | 0.7549 | |
| 99 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 23500 | 50000 | 0.5298 | 3,856 | 1185 | 0.7518 | |
| 101 | Saint Cloud State University | 23600 | 26300 | 0.1029 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 102 | Point Park University | 24000 | 57000 | 0.5793 | 2,337 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
| 103 | Northern Arizona University | 24100 | 43700 | 0.4483 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 104 | University of Sioux Falls | 24500 | 40100 | 0.3889 | 1,241 | 1055 | 0.8298 | |
| 105 | University of Central Arkansas | 24600 | 29500 | 0.1679 | 8,268 | 1124 | 0.8949 | |
| 105 | University of Central Missouri | 24600 | 35800 | 0.3131 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 107 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 24700 | 80400 | 0.6926 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 108 | Temple University | 24900 | 36400 | 0.3162 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 109 | Regis College | 25100 | 70700 | 0.645 | 1,055 | 965 | 0.9009 | |
| 110 | Mount Marty University | 25200 | 61700 | 0.592 | 1,022 | 1090 | 0.4257 | |
| 111 | St Catherine University | 25400 | 71900 | 0.6471 | 2,505 | 1124 | 0.9185 | |
| 112 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 25700 | 26900 | 0.0446 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 113 | East Tennessee State University | 26000 | 30600 | 0.1502 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 114 | Mount Aloysius College | 26300 | 49200 | 0.4657 | 2,942 | 1010 | 0.904 | |
| 114 | St. Francis College | 26300 | 39400 | 0.3329 | 1,934 | 1035 | 0.8153 | |
| 116 | Ashland University | 26500 | 56600 | 0.5322 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 116 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26500 | 28400 | 0.0688 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 118 | Oakland University | 26800 | 39700 | 0.325 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 119 | Capital University | 27200 | 80300 | 0.6614 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 120 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 121 | Long Island University | 27800 | 59800 | 0.5356 | 11,753 | 1252 | 0.8977 | |
| 121 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6654 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 123 | North Dakota State University | 28000 | 30400 | 0.0775 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 123 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 28000 | 36400 | 0.2307 | 5,162 | 1131 | 0.9502 | |
| 125 | Morehead State University | 28100 | 32600 | 0.1379 | 8,258 | 1140 | 0.7721 | |
| 126 | Roosevelt University | 28600 | 47600 | 0.3986 | 2,605 | 995 | 0.9427 | |
| 127 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28700 | 33400 | 0.1407 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 127 | University of Hartford | 28700 | 70100 | 0.5903 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 129 | Cornerstone University | 28900 | 40800 | 0.2907 | 1,444 | 1124 | 0.7316 | |
| 130 | Montclair State University | 29500 | 36300 | 0.1874 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 131 | Huntington University | 29600 | 44300 | 0.3319 | 1,589 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 131 | Westminster College | 29600 | 57600 | 0.4861 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 133 | Southeastern University | 29800 | 60500 | 0.5072 | 10,351 | 1110 | 0.6165 | |
| 134 | Northern Kentucky University | 29900 | 32100 | 0.0686 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 135 | York College of Pennsylvania | 30000 | 45800 | 0.3453 | 3,308 | 1140 | 0.942 | |
| 136 | University of North Texas | 30500 | 37400 | 0.1844 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 137 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30800 | 54600 | 0.4352 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 138 | Chicago State University | 31000 | 37600 | 0.1755 | 1,495 | 885 | 0.4052 | |
| 139 | Manhattanville University | 31300 | 68500 | 0.5431 | 1,466 | 1145 | 0.8734 | |
| 139 | Siena Heights University | 31300 | 46300 | 0.3233 | 1,669 | 1000 | 0.6656 | |
| 141 | Missouri Baptist University | 31900 | 53800 | 0.408 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 142 | Rider University | 32000 | 60600 | 0.472 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 143 | Manhattan University | 32200 | 72500 | 0.5559 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 143 | Misericordia University | 32200 | 65100 | 0.5047 | 1,721 | 1175 | 0.8871 | |
| 145 | Ithaca College | 32300 | 72500 | 0.5543 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 145 | Washington Adventist University | 32300 | 37800 | 0.1457 | 605 | 951 | 0.4536 | |
| 147 | St. John's University-New York | 32500 | 78000 | 0.583 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 148 | Suffolk University | 32600 | 69700 | 0.5326 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 149 | Adrian College | 33800 | 70200 | 0.518 | 1,678 | 1025 | 0.6843 | |
| 149 | California Baptist University | 33800 | 65600 | 0.4845 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 151 | University of Vermont | 34600 | 66300 | 0.4773 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 152 | Hofstra University | 34700 | 77000 | 0.5492 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 153 | New England Institute of Technology | 34900 | 77700 | 0.5511 | 1,718 | 1055 | 0.6673 | |
| 153 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34900 | 50900 | 0.3136 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
| 155 | Gwynedd Mercy University | 35000 | 65100 | 0.4626 | 1,301 | 1115 | 0.8963 | |
| 156 | San Diego State University | 35400 | 36100 | 0.0194 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 157 | Clark Atlanta University | 36800 | 61700 | 0.4037 | 3,495 | 1000 | 0.6463 | |
| 157 | Indiana University-South Bend | 36800 | 38800 | 0.0504 | 4,083 | 1070 | 0.8384 | |
| 159 | Lasell University | 37400 | 48500 | 0.2287 | 1,293 | 1212 | 0.927 | |
| 160 | Champlain College | 37500 | 90100 | 0.5839 | 1,691 | 1304 | 0.8764 | |
| 161 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 38100 | 65000 | 0.4136 | 1,059 | 1025 | 0.8172 | |
| 162 | Asbury University | 38200 | 49100 | 0.2231 | 2,066 | 1157 | 0.954 | |
| 163 | Elon University | 38800 | 58200 | 0.3332 | 6,452 | 1244 | 0.6635 | |
| 164 | University of Charleston | 39200 | 51200 | 0.2342 | 2,087 | 1075 | 0.6458 | |
| 165 | Seton Hall University | 39700 | 67400 | 0.4107 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 166 | MCPHS University | 39800 | 87400 | 0.5448 | 3,477 | 1217 | 0.8521 | |
| 167 | Quinnipiac University | 41300 | 79200 | 0.4784 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
| 168 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41600 | 57000 | 0.2703 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 169 | Bellarmine University | 41800 | 66100 | 0.3671 | 2,240 | 1130 | 0.8611 | |
| 169 | Campbell University | 41800 | 65100 | 0.3573 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 171 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 172 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 43400 | 53700 | 0.1917 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 173 | Texas Christian University | 43800 | 82400 | 0.4686 | 11,049 | 1283 | 0.4449 | |
| 174 | Saint Louis University | 44800 | 80900 | 0.446 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 175 | The University of Texas at Austin | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 43,165 | 1348 | 0.2664 | |
| 176 | The Master's University and Seminary | 47700 | 53700 | 0.1118 | 1,914 | 1110 | 0.7589 | |
| 177 | University of Kentucky | 49000 | 56600 | 0.1343 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 178 | University of Iowa | 51200 | 53200 | 0.0368 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 179 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53400 | 53400 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 180 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 181 | Dallas Baptist University | 55900 | 71900 | 0.2224 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
| 182 | The University of Alabama | 57100 | 57100 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 183 | University of La Verne | 57400 | 67300 | 0.1472 | 2,414 | 1123 | 0.4848 | |
| 184 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 57600 | 66500 | 0.1339 | 14,657 | 1183 | 0.8368 | |
| 185 | Howard University | 58300 | 76900 | 0.2418 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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