The Most Expensive Colleges in Illinois by Average Net Price for 2023
The highest net price colleges in Illinois are ranked by the average net price paid. Net price is the average cost paid as determined by tuition minus scholarship and grant financial aid and grant financial aid and may be a more accurate estimation of real life costs than published tuition. Discount from list price represents the effective percent discount from published costs that students averaged. Please note that net price varies on a student by student basis based on finanical situation and no financial aid is guaranteed. School of the Art Institute of Chicago leads the list with a $51,606 average annual net price paid in 2014-2015.
Net price data are reprinted from the U.S. Department of Education's IPEDS Survey and reflect reported costs for the 2014-2015 academic year.
| College | Net Price | Discount |
|---|---|---|
#21 Rockford UniversityRockford, Private Not For Profit |
$23,417 | 48% |
#22 Knox CollegeGalesburg, Private Not For Profit |
$23,266 | 63% |
#23 Trinity Christian CollegePalos Heights, Private Not For Profit |
$23,177 | 48% |
#24 Roosevelt UniversityChicago, Private Not For Profit |
$22,856 | 52% |
#25 Eureka CollegeEureka, Private Not For Profit |
$22,153 | 44% |
#26 Elmhurst CollegeElmhurst, Private Not For Profit |
$21,776 | 58% |
#27 Greenville UniversityGreenville, Private Not For Profit |
$21,366 | 47% |
#28 Trinity International UniversityDeerfield, Private Not For Profit |
$21,271 | 53% |
#29 Illinois State UniversityNormal, Public Not For Profit |
$20,933 | 20% |
#30 McKendree UniversityLebanon, Private Not For Profit |
$20,869 | 54% |
#31 Lewis UniversityRomeoville, Private Not For Profit |
$20,022 | 58% |
#32 Olivet Nazarene UniversityBourbonnais, Private Not For Profit |
$20,006 | 58% |
#33 Millikin UniversityDecatur, Private Not For Profit |
$19,948 | 63% |
#34 Lincoln Christian UniversityLincoln, Private Not For Profit |
$19,561 | 16% |
#35 North Park UniversityChicago, Private Not For Profit |
$19,320 | 56% |
#36 Moody Bible InstituteChicago, Private Not For Profit |
$18,790 | 31% |
#37 Monmouth CollegeMonmouth, Private Not For Profit |
$18,685 | 65% |
#38 Dominican UniversityRiver Forest, Private Not For Profit |
$18,685 | 61% |
#39 East West UniversityChicago, Private Not For Profit |
$18,306 | 42% |
#40 Aurora UniversityAurora, Private Not For Profit |
$17,563 | 55% |