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 | 9300 | 36500 | 0.7454 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.881 | |
| 5 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11000 | 31800 | 0.6544 | 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 | |
| 11 | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | 12700 | 34600 | 0.6336 | 8,975 | 1065 | 0.9721 | |
| 12 | Eastern Illinois University | 13000 | 24300 | 0.4646 | 6,785 | 990 | 0.6535 | |
| 13 | Northern Arizona University | 13200 | 27100 | 0.5135 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 13 | Northern Illinois University | 13200 | 29000 | 0.5435 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 15 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13300 | 25700 | 0.4825 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 16 | Youngstown State University | 13400 | 26800 | 0.4996 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 17 | University of Houston | 13500 | 23100 | 0.4157 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 18 | University of Southern Indiana | 13700 | 26000 | 0.4746 | 5,347 | 1145 | 0.9581 | |
| 19 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14300 | 28100 | 0.4911 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 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 | |
| 22 | California State University-Chico | 15000 | 30700 | 0.5106 | 13,392 | 1117 | 0.9158 | |
| 22 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 15000 | 22200 | 0.325 | 11,874 | 1082 | 0.8377 | |
| 24 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 29000 | 0.4808 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 25 | Avila University | 15200 | 67500 | 0.7748 | 1,335 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 25 | Lewis-Clark State College | 15200 | 23500 | 0.3525 | 3,793 | 1010 | 0.9407 | |
| 25 | Troy University | 15200 | 26700 | 0.4306 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 28 | Colorado Mesa University | 15400 | 24800 | 0.3766 | 9,473 | 1090 | 0.9829 | |
| 28 | Wayne State University | 15400 | 32900 | 0.5316 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 30 | University of St Francis | 15600 | 71700 | 0.7818 | 1,338 | 1030 | 0.653 | |
| 31 | University of Central Missouri | 15700 | 26600 | 0.4094 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 31 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 15700 | 46800 | 0.665 | 6,550 | 1110 | 0.7456 | |
| 33 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16100 | 23200 | 0.306 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 33 | University of Arkansas-Fort Smith | 16100 | 40300 | 0.6012 | 5,463 | 1055 | 0.8147 | |
| 35 | Lewis University | 16400 | 57700 | 0.7155 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 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 Pittsburgh-Bradford | 16400 | 33300 | 0.5076 | 1,002 | 1115 | 0.8898 | |
| 39 | Goshen College | 16500 | 55900 | 0.7042 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 39 | SUNY at Fredonia | 16500 | 27800 | 0.407 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 41 | Alabama A & M University | 16600 | 44800 | 0.6289 | 5,845 | 920 | 0.6622 | |
| 42 | Sam Houston State University | 16800 | 23000 | 0.2697 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 42 | Texas State University | 16800 | 26800 | 0.3727 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 42 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16800 | 64800 | 0.7416 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 42 | Western Carolina University | 16800 | 19400 | 0.1341 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 46 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 16900 | 33600 | 0.4966 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 47 | Arkansas State University | 17000 | 28100 | 0.3952 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 47 | Bluefield State University | 17000 | 29200 | 0.4184 | 1,249 | 990 | 0.8722 | |
| 47 | Ferris State University | 17000 | 31000 | 0.4523 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 50 | Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | 17200 | 35800 | 0.5193 | 836 | 1070 | 0.9235 | |
| 51 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17300 | 34000 | 0.4908 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 51 | Weber State University | 17300 | 41300 | 0.5806 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 53 | University of South Alabama | 17400 | 35200 | 0.5059 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 53 | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse | 17400 | 21300 | 0.1846 | 9,513 | 1200 | 0.8122 | |
| 55 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17500 | 44900 | 0.6098 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 56 | University of Mary | 17700 | 32600 | 0.4577 | 2,650 | 1189 | 0.7825 | |
| 56 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 58 | Holy Family University | 17800 | 56400 | 0.6848 | 2,650 | 1030 | 0.7104 | |
| 59 | Campbellsville University | 17900 | 43200 | 0.585 | 6,853 | 1055 | 0.9833 | |
| 60 | Augusta University | 18000 | 51200 | 0.648 | 6,078 | 1125 | 0.6276 | |
| 60 | Quincy University | 18000 | 68100 | 0.7351 | 1,072 | 1115 | 0.5093 | |
| 62 | Georgia Southern University | 18100 | 23800 | 0.2399 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 62 | University of Holy Cross | 18100 | 36300 | 0.5021 | 806 | 985 | 0.9901 | |
| 64 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 65 | California State University-Fullerton | 18400 | 41500 | 0.5576 | 38,597 | 0 | 0.9052 | |
| 66 | University of Mississippi | 18800 | 45000 | 0.5828 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 67 | Eastern Kentucky University | 19000 | 34400 | 0.4471 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 67 | McNeese State University | 19000 | 32800 | 0.4213 | 5,560 | 1070 | 0.6755 | |
| 67 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 19000 | 67900 | 0.7197 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 70 | California State University-Los Angeles | 19300 | 59200 | 0.6745 | 19,354 | 965 | 0.9125 | |
| 71 | Culver-Stockton College | 19400 | 59900 | 0.6758 | 861 | 0 | 0.6518 | |
| 72 | Texas Southern University | 19500 | 42500 | 0.5415 | 6,619 | 915 | 0.9335 | |
| 73 | La Roche University | 19700 | 66200 | 0.7028 | 755 | 1069 | 0.7016 | |
| 74 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 19800 | 26500 | 0.2531 | 9,967 | 1080 | 0.9475 | |
| 75 | University of Northern Iowa | 19900 | 24000 | 0.1722 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 76 | Bradley University | 20100 | 48500 | 0.5849 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 77 | Marian University | 20200 | 47200 | 0.5714 | 1,074 | 1035 | 0.6677 | |
| 78 | Boise State University | 20300 | 59700 | 0.66 | 24,030 | 1025 | 0.8721 | |
| 78 | Minot State University | 20300 | 23500 | 0.1386 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 78 | State University of New York at Oswego | 20300 | 40200 | 0.4952 | 5,517 | 1164 | 0.8057 | |
| 81 | Henderson State University | 20400 | 37500 | 0.4564 | 1,493 | 1075 | 0.8192 | |
| 81 | University of Montevallo | 20400 | 31500 | 0.3529 | 2,545 | 1124 | 0.539 | |
| 83 | North Central College | 21000 | 63700 | 0.6708 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 84 | Bowie State University | 21400 | 43300 | 0.5055 | 5,136 | 875 | 0.75 | |
| 84 | Southwestern Adventist University | 21400 | 49800 | 0.5701 | 813 | 1064 | 0.5552 | |
| 86 | Austin Peay State University | 21700 | 29100 | 0.2541 | 8,926 | 0 | 0.9638 | |
| 86 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21700 | 28200 | 0.2309 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 88 | Morningside University | 21900 | 79200 | 0.7234 | 1,177 | 922 | 0.7057 | |
| 89 | Vermont State University | 22100 | 26900 | 0.1781 | 4,087 | 960 | 0.8323 | |
| 90 | Northwestern University | 22200 | 88100 | 0.7483 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 90 | San Jose State University | 22200 | 41100 | 0.46 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 92 | San Francisco State University | 22700 | 55400 | 0.5903 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 93 | Murray State University | 22900 | 27600 | 0.1682 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 94 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 95 | Briar Cliff University | 23100 | 67700 | 0.6588 | 737 | 1075 | 0.6169 | |
| 95 | Saint Cloud State University | 23100 | 36800 | 0.3733 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 95 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23100 | 25800 | 0.1023 | 7,290 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
| 98 | Saint Ambrose University | 23200 | 55400 | 0.5809 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 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 | Point Park University | 23900 | 57000 | 0.581 | 2,337 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
| 102 | University of Central Arkansas | 24400 | 29500 | 0.174 | 8,268 | 1124 | 0.8949 | |
| 102 | University of Sioux Falls | 24400 | 40100 | 0.3909 | 1,241 | 1055 | 0.8298 | |
| 104 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 24700 | 80400 | 0.6926 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 105 | Regis College | 25100 | 70700 | 0.645 | 1,055 | 965 | 0.9009 | |
| 106 | Mount Marty University | 25200 | 61700 | 0.592 | 1,022 | 1090 | 0.4257 | |
| 106 | St Catherine University | 25200 | 71900 | 0.6489 | 2,505 | 1124 | 0.9185 | |
| 108 | East Tennessee State University | 26000 | 30600 | 0.1502 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 109 | Mount Aloysius College | 26200 | 49200 | 0.4677 | 2,942 | 1010 | 0.904 | |
| 110 | St. Francis College | 26300 | 39400 | 0.3329 | 1,934 | 1035 | 0.8153 | |
| 111 | Ashland University | 26500 | 56600 | 0.5322 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 112 | Oakland University | 26800 | 39700 | 0.325 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 113 | Capital University | 27200 | 80300 | 0.6614 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 114 | Long Island University | 27800 | 59800 | 0.5356 | 11,753 | 1252 | 0.8977 | |
| 114 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0835 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 114 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 27800 | 36400 | 0.2356 | 5,162 | 1131 | 0.9502 | |
| 114 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6654 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 118 | Morehead State University | 28100 | 32600 | 0.1379 | 8,258 | 1140 | 0.7721 | |
| 119 | Roosevelt University | 28600 | 47600 | 0.4003 | 2,605 | 995 | 0.9427 | |
| 119 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 119 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.592 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 122 | Cornerstone University | 29100 | 40800 | 0.2853 | 1,444 | 1124 | 0.7316 | |
| 123 | Huntington University | 29500 | 44300 | 0.3342 | 1,589 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 123 | Westminster College | 29500 | 57600 | 0.4879 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 125 | Southeastern University | 29800 | 60500 | 0.5072 | 10,351 | 1110 | 0.6165 | |
| 125 | York College of Pennsylvania | 29800 | 45800 | 0.3496 | 3,308 | 1140 | 0.942 | |
| 127 | Northern Kentucky University | 29900 | 32100 | 0.0686 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 128 | University of North Texas | 30500 | 37400 | 0.1844 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 129 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30700 | 54600 | 0.4385 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 130 | Chicago State University | 31000 | 37600 | 0.1763 | 1,495 | 885 | 0.4052 | |
| 131 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 31100 | 33200 | 0.0643 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 131 | Siena Heights University | 31100 | 46300 | 0.3272 | 1,669 | 1000 | 0.6656 | |
| 133 | Manhattanville University | 31200 | 68500 | 0.5447 | 1,466 | 1145 | 0.8734 | |
| 134 | Missouri Baptist University | 31700 | 53800 | 0.4113 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 135 | Rider University | 32000 | 60600 | 0.472 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 136 | Ithaca College | 32100 | 72500 | 0.5571 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 136 | Misericordia University | 32100 | 65100 | 0.5074 | 1,721 | 1175 | 0.8871 | |
| 138 | Manhattan University | 32200 | 72500 | 0.5559 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 138 | Washington Adventist University | 32200 | 37800 | 0.1483 | 605 | 951 | 0.4536 | |
| 140 | St. John's University-New York | 32500 | 78000 | 0.583 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 141 | Suffolk University | 32600 | 69700 | 0.5326 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 142 | California Baptist University | 33600 | 65600 | 0.4876 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 143 | Adrian College | 33700 | 70200 | 0.5205 | 1,678 | 1025 | 0.6843 | |
| 144 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34100 | 36100 | 0.0554 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 145 | Hofstra University | 34700 | 77000 | 0.5492 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 145 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34700 | 50900 | 0.3172 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
| 147 | Gwynedd Mercy University | 34900 | 65100 | 0.4642 | 1,301 | 1115 | 0.8963 | |
| 147 | New England Institute of Technology | 34900 | 77700 | 0.5511 | 1,718 | 1055 | 0.6673 | |
| 149 | San Diego State University | 35200 | 36100 | 0.0249 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 150 | Indiana University-South Bend | 36600 | 38800 | 0.0551 | 4,083 | 1070 | 0.8384 | |
| 150 | Western Kentucky University | 36600 | 42300 | 0.1348 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 152 | Clark Atlanta University | 36800 | 61700 | 0.4037 | 3,495 | 1000 | 0.6463 | |
| 153 | Lasell University | 37100 | 48500 | 0.2349 | 1,293 | 1212 | 0.927 | |
| 154 | Champlain College | 37500 | 90100 | 0.5839 | 1,691 | 1304 | 0.8764 | |
| 155 | Towson University | 37600 | 46400 | 0.1897 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 156 | Asbury University | 38000 | 49100 | 0.2267 | 2,066 | 1157 | 0.954 | |
| 156 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 38000 | 65000 | 0.4151 | 1,059 | 1025 | 0.8172 | |
| 158 | Texas Tech University | 38700 | 41000 | 0.0561 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 159 | Elon University | 38800 | 58200 | 0.3332 | 6,452 | 1244 | 0.6635 | |
| 160 | University of Charleston | 39200 | 51200 | 0.2342 | 2,087 | 1075 | 0.6458 | |
| 161 | University of Central Florida | 39600 | 39600 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 162 | Seton Hall University | 39700 | 67400 | 0.4107 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 163 | MCPHS University | 39900 | 87400 | 0.5436 | 3,477 | 1217 | 0.8521 | |
| 164 | Temple University | 40600 | 55300 | 0.266 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 165 | Quinnipiac University | 41300 | 79200 | 0.4784 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
| 166 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 57000 | 0.2738 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 167 | Bellarmine University | 41600 | 66100 | 0.3698 | 2,240 | 1130 | 0.8611 | |
| 168 | Campbell University | 41700 | 65100 | 0.3601 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 169 | Montclair State University | 42100 | 46200 | 0.0888 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 170 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 171 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45600 | 0.0548 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 172 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 43400 | 53700 | 0.1917 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 173 | Appalachian State University | 43600 | 43600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 174 | Texas Christian University | 43800 | 82400 | 0.4686 | 11,049 | 1283 | 0.4449 | |
| 175 | Saint Louis University | 44600 | 80900 | 0.4485 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 176 | The University of Texas at Austin | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 43,165 | 1348 | 0.2664 | |
| 177 | The Master's University and Seminary | 47700 | 53700 | 0.1118 | 1,914 | 1110 | 0.7589 | |
| 178 | University of Kentucky | 48900 | 56600 | 0.1366 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 179 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.0401 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 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 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 57000 | 66500 | 0.1429 | 14,657 | 1183 | 0.8368 | |
| 183 | The University of Alabama | 57100 | 57100 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 184 | University of La Verne | 57400 | 67300 | 0.1472 | 2,414 | 1123 | 0.4848 | |
| 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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