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 |
|---|---|---|
#1 School of the Art Institute of ChicagoChicago, Private Not For Profit |
$51,606 | 28% |
#2 Loyola University ChicagoChicago, Private Not For Profit |
$37,731 | 41% |
#3 University of ChicagoChicago, Private Not For Profit |
$36,584 | 55% |
#4 DePaul UniversityChicago, Private Not For Profit |
$33,319 | 43% |
#5 Illinois Wesleyan UniversityBloomington, Private Not For Profit |
$32,545 | 50% |
#6 Kendall CollegeChicago, Private For Profit |
$30,324 | 7% |
#7 American Academy of ArtChicago, Private For Profit |
$28,630 | 36% |
#8 Columbia College ChicagoChicago, Private Not For Profit |
$28,568 | 38% |
#9 Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Private Not For Profit |
$28,344 | 65% |
#10 Illinois Institute of TechnologyChicago, Private Not For Profit |
$28,161 | 58% |
#11 Wheaton CollegeWheaton, Private Not For Profit |
$27,474 | 48% |
#12 Benedictine UniversityLisle, Private Not For Profit |
$27,061 | 41% |
#13 Lake Forest CollegeLake Forest, Private Not For Profit |
$26,968 | 58% |
#14 Chamberlain College of Nursing IllinoisAddison, Private For Profit |
$26,412 | 22% |
#15 North Central CollegeNaperville, Private Not For Profit |
$26,053 | 53% |
#16 Methodist College of NursingPeoria, Private Not For Profit |
$25,955 | 29% |
#17 Bradley UniversityPeoria, Private Not For Profit |
$25,850 | 47% |
#18 VanderCook College of MusicChicago, Private Not For Profit |
$25,764 | 33% |
#19 Pacific College of Oriental Medicine ChicagoChicago, Private For Profit |
$24,622 | -11% |
#20 Augustana CollegeRock Island, Private Not For Profit |
$24,233 | 59% |
#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% |
#41 Illinois CollegeJacksonville, Private Not For Profit |
$17,544 | 61% |
#42 Concordia University ChicagoRiver Forest, Private Not For Profit |
$17,363 | 62% |
#43 Lincoln CollegeLincoln, Private Not For Profit |
$17,246 | 39% |
#44 The Illinois Institute of Art SchaumburgSchaumburg, Private For Profit |
$16,922 | 44% |
#45 University of St FrancisJoliet, Private Not For Profit |
$16,761 | 64% |
#46 Quincy UniversityQuincy, Private Not For Profit |
$16,599 | 61% |
#47 Judson UniversityElgin, Private Not For Profit |
$16,039 | 62% |
#48 Southern Illinois University CarbondaleCarbondale, Public Not For Profit |
$15,638 | 42% |
#49 Blackburn CollegeCarlinville, Private Not For Profit |
$15,603 | 55% |
#50 Western Illinois UniversityMacomb, Public Not For Profit |
$15,361 | 39% |
#51 Hebrew Theological CollegeSkokie, Private Not For Profit |
$14,914 | 49% |
#52 Northeastern Illinois UniversityChicago, Public Not For Profit |
$14,831 | 41% |
#53 National Louis UniversityChicago, Private Not For Profit |
$14,769 | 41% |
#54 Southern Illinois University EdwardsvilleEdwardsville, Public Not For Profit |
$14,506 | 37% |
#55 Northern Illinois UniversityDekalb, Public Not For Profit |
$14,397 | 42% |
#56 Eastern Illinois UniversityCharleston, Public Not For Profit |
$13,551 | 42% |
#57 University of Illinois at Urbana ChampaignChampaign, Public Not For Profit |
$13,517 | 54% |
#58 Saint Augustine CollegeChicago, Private Not For Profit |
$13,389 | 39% |
#59 Saint Xavier UniversityChicago, Private Not For Profit |
$13,326 | 72% |
#60 American InterContinental University OnlineHoffman Estates, Private For Profit |
$13,278 | 31% |
#61 University of Illinois at ChicagoChicago, Public Not For Profit |
$12,614 | 55% |
#62 University of Illinois at SpringfieldSpringfield, Public Not For Profit |
$11,628 | 51% |
#63 Chicago State UniversityChicago, Public Not For Profit |
$8,637 | 60% |
#64 Telshe Yeshiva ChicagoChicago, Private Not For Profit |
$6,326 | 78% |