Public Colleges in Illinois

The 2023 Directory of Illinois Public Colleges and Costs

Illinois Public Colleges, Cost and Affordability for 2022

How much does it cost to attend public college in Illinois?   The average annual in-state four year, public college tuition in Illinois was $9,883 for the 2021-2022 academic year. This is a change of $165 from the 2019-2020 average of $9,718 and represents a 1.7% annual increase. The list of Illinois public colleges below provides school specific cost and value rating. Public schools are partially funded by the taxpayers of Illinois and usually offer lower tuition to in-state residents.

Our guide surveyed tuition data from the 59 public colleges and universities in Illinois, the most popular being University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign with 46,600 full time students and an in-state tuition list price of $12,254. Illinois Valley Community College is the most expensive public school in Illinois with an in-state tuition of $12,720.

Click on any school for current tuition, future cost estimates, school specific savings plans and estimated student loan payments. Illinois colleges can also be filtered by public, private, community colleges and four year schools. Additionally, cost based sorting is available for the lowest and highest tuition options. Jump directly to our ranking of best values in Illinois or cheap Illinois colleges guide.

<Academic Rating is a CollegeCalc proprietary national percentile ranking of a college's overall difficulty and educational effectiveness. An average score is 50. Dollar value is a measure of a school's academic rating compared with the average net price paid. Colleges which are ranked "n/a" didn't report sufficient data to formulate a score. Learn more about our ratings.

All price data are reprinted from the U.S. Department of Education's 2020-2021 IPEDS Survey and reflect reported costs for the 2021-2022 academic year.

Explore Illinois Colleges

School Tuition Rating Value
Black Hawk College

Moline, Illinois

$7,500 NA NA
Carl Sandburg College

Galesburg, Illinois

$7,810 NA NA
Chicago State University

Chicago, Illinois

$7,488 38 72
City Colleges of Chicago Harold Washington College

Chicago, Illinois

$11,520 NA NA
City Colleges of Chicago Harry S Truman College

Chicago, Illinois

$11,520 NA NA
City Colleges of Chicago Kennedy King College

Chicago, Illinois

$11,520 NA NA
City Colleges of Chicago Malcolm X College

Chicago, Illinois

$11,520 NA NA
City Colleges of Chicago Olive Harvey College

Chicago, Illinois

$11,520 NA NA
City Colleges of Chicago Richard J Daley College

Chicago, Illinois

$11,520 NA NA
City Colleges of Chicago Wilbur Wright College

Chicago, Illinois

$11,520 NA NA
College of DuPage

Glen Ellyn, Illinois

$8,850 NA NA
College of Lake County

Grayslake, Illinois

$9,016 NA NA
Danville Area Community College

Danville, Illinois

$7,800 NA NA
Eastern Illinois University

Charleston, Illinois

$9,472 46 51
Elgin Community College

Elgin, Illinois

$7,128 NA NA
Harper College

Palatine, Illinois

$9,372 NA NA
Heartland Community College

Normal, Illinois

$9,480 NA NA
Highland Community College

Freeport, Illinois

$5,856 NA NA
Illinois Central College

East Peoria, Illinois

$9,900 NA NA
Illinois Eastern Community Colleges Frontier Community Coll

Fairfield, Illinois

$8,902 NA NA