Illinois College Costs: Net Price at Every School
Average net price is what full-time first-time undergraduates actually paid after grant and scholarship aid (2022-23 IPEDS Student Financial Aid data, retrieved 2026-08-13). Published tuition is the 2023-24 sticker price. Sorted by average net price, lowest first. Schools that did not report net price are listed at the end.
Illinois has 156 degree-granting, Title IV institutions in the current federal dataset: 60 public, 79 private nonprofit, and 17 private for-profit (97 four-year and 59 two-year).
Across the 62 four-year institutions that reported net price, the average was $20,836 and the median $20,871. Across the 57 two-year institutions that reported, the average was $8,786 and the median $6,608. (IPEDS SFA 2022-23, retrieved 2026-08-13.)
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| School | City | Type | Avg net price | Published tuition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moraine Valley Community College | Palos Hills | public | $1,704 | $8,502 |
| Carl Sandburg College | Galesburg | public | $2,754 | $7,910 |
| Lewis and Clark Community College | Godfrey | public | $3,255 | $9,552 |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington College | Chicago | public | $3,555 | $11,520 |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College | Chicago | public | $3,771 | $11,520 |
| South Suburban College | South Holland | public | $4,035 | $11,033 |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley College | Chicago | public | $4,097 | $11,520 |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College | Chicago | public | $4,208 | $11,520 |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Harry S Truman College | Chicago | public | $4,210 | $11,520 |
| Danville Area Community College | Danville | public | $4,323 | $9,200 |
| Lincoln Land Community College | Springfield | public | $4,478 | $6,960 |
| Black Hawk College | Moline | public | $4,481 | $7,950 |
| Spoon River College | Canton | public | $4,520 | $11,460 |
| College of Lake County | Grayslake | public | $4,785 | $10,531 |
| Joliet Junior College | Joliet | public | $4,905 | $12,750 |
| Elgin Community College | Elgin | public | $4,987 | $7,140 |
| Triton College | River Grove | public | $5,001 | $11,790 |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College | Chicago | public | $5,088 | $11,520 |
| Lake Land College | Mattoon | public | $5,155 | $8,104 |
| College of DuPage | Glen Ellyn | public | $5,397 | $10,410 |
| Highland Community College | Freeport | public | $5,542 | $6,976 |
| Prairie State College | Chicago Heights | public | $5,564 | $9,342 |
| Shawnee Community College | Ullin | public | $5,614 | $7,200 |
| Kankakee Community College | Kankakee | public | $5,642 | $13,320 |
| Kaskaskia College | Centralia | public | $5,905 | $7,770 |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Olive-Harvey College | Chicago | public | $5,917 | $11,520 |
| John A Logan College | Carterville | public | $6,079 | $5,920 |
| Richland Community College | Decatur | public | $6,203 | $10,800 |
| William Rainey Harper College | Palatine | public | $6,608 | $9,990 |
| Morton College | Cicero | public | $7,037 | $8,980 |
| Southwestern Illinois College | Belleville | public | $7,295 | $6,390 |
| Kishwaukee College | Malta | public | $7,477 | $9,390 |
| Illinois Valley Community College | Oglesby | public | $7,493 | $13,835 |
| John Wood Community College | Quincy | public | $7,504 | $9,000 |
| McHenry County College | Crystal Lake | public | $7,569 | $10,529 |
| Telshe Yeshiva-Chicago | Chicago | private nonprofit | $8,085 | $15,000 |
| Oakton College | Des Plaines | public | $8,161 | $10,446 |
| Parkland College | Champaign | public | $8,179 | $9,642 |
| Southeastern Illinois College | Harrisburg | public | $8,271 | $6,300 |
| Rock Valley College | Rockford | public | $8,328 | $10,274 |
| Rend Lake College | Ina | public | $8,518 | $7,800 |
| American Islamic College | Chicago | private nonprofit | $8,750 | $7,650 |
| Sauk Valley Community College | Dixon | public | $8,793 | $11,580 |
| Waubonsee Community College | Sugar Grove | public | $9,011 | $11,369 |
| University of Illinois Springfield | Springfield | public | $9,241 | $12,252 |
| Fox College | Tinley Park | private for-profit | $9,758 | $17,190 |
| Chicago State University | Chicago | public | $9,852 | $12,754 |
| Millikin University | Decatur | private nonprofit | $10,078 | $43,670 |
| Illinois Eastern Community Colleges | Olney | public | $10,409 | $10,270 |
| Governors State University | University Park | public | $10,833 | $11,320 |
| Heartland Community College | Normal | public | $11,099 | $10,440 |
| Hebrew Theological College | Skokie | private nonprofit | $11,197 | $14,700 |
| University of Illinois Chicago | Chicago | public | $11,499 | $14,338 |
| Illinois Central College | East Peoria | public | $11,546 | $9,900 |
| Saint Xavier University | Chicago | private nonprofit | $11,943 | $36,840 |
| Western Illinois University | Macomb | public | $12,168 | $14,952 |
| Graham Hospital School of Nursing | Canton | private nonprofit | $12,520 | $8,417 |
| Midwestern Career College | Chicago | private for-profit | $12,846 | Not reported |
| Northern Illinois University | Dekalb | public | $13,533 | $12,700 |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Champaign | public | $14,297 | $16,004 |
| Eastern Illinois University | Charleston | public | $14,621 | $13,403 |
| Northeastern Illinois University | Chicago | public | $14,669 | $12,383 |
| Taylor Business Institute | Chicago | private for-profit | $14,735 | $12,000 |
| Principia College | Elsah | private nonprofit | $14,904 | $33,280 |
| Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | Edwardsville | public | $15,182 | $12,922 |
| National Louis University | Chicago | private nonprofit | $15,724 | $12,345 |
| Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | Carbondale | public | $16,131 | $13,244 |
| University of St Francis | Joliet | private nonprofit | $16,455 | $37,000 |
| VanderCook College of Music | Chicago | private nonprofit | $16,601 | $30,910 |
| Dominican University | River Forest | private nonprofit | $16,969 | $37,844 |
| St. Augustine College | Chicago | private nonprofit | $17,008 | $13,288 |
| Trinity Christian College | Palos Heights | private nonprofit | $17,218 | $20,325 |
| Illinois College | Jacksonville | private nonprofit | $17,255 | $37,470 |
| Quincy University | Quincy | private nonprofit | $17,424 | $35,740 |
| Concordia University-Chicago | River Forest | private nonprofit | $17,767 | $36,258 |
| Rasmussen University-Illinois | Rockford | private for-profit | $18,010 | $13,546 |
| Stautzenberger College-Rockford Career College | Rockford | private for-profit | $18,695 | $16,699 |
| Monmouth College | Monmouth | private nonprofit | $19,088 | $43,520 |
| Generations College | Chicago | private nonprofit | $19,164 | $12,700 |
| Aurora University | Aurora | private nonprofit | $19,220 | $28,220 |
| Lewis University | Romeoville | private nonprofit | $19,472 | $37,882 |
| North Park University | Chicago | private nonprofit | $19,910 | $35,325 |
| Eureka College | Eureka | private nonprofit | $20,215 | $28,400 |
| Illinois State University | Normal | public | $20,871 | $16,021 |
| Trinity International University-Illinois | Deerfield | private nonprofit | $21,260 | $12,320 |
| Judson University | Elgin | private nonprofit | $21,331 | $30,910 |
| Blackburn College | Carlinville | private nonprofit | $21,349 | $26,758 |
| Greenville University | Greenville | private nonprofit | $21,442 | $30,598 |
| Roosevelt University | Chicago | private nonprofit | $21,503 | $20,280 |
| Olivet Nazarene University | Bourbonnais | private nonprofit | $22,707 | $37,940 |
| Elmhurst University | Elmhurst | private nonprofit | $22,760 | $41,628 |
| East-West University | Chicago | private nonprofit | $23,140 | $26,100 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston | private nonprofit | $23,341 | $65,997 |
| Universal Technical Institute of Illinois Inc | Lisle | private for-profit | $23,756 | Not reported |
| Worsham College of Mortuary Science | Wheeling | private for-profit | $23,925 | $24,800 |
| Moody Bible Institute | Chicago | private nonprofit | $23,950 | $15,356 |
| Rockford University | Rockford | private nonprofit | $24,098 | $37,300 |
| North Central College | Naperville | private nonprofit | $24,190 | $44,394 |
| Morrison Institute of Technology | Morrison | private nonprofit | $24,269 | $19,900 |
| Lincoln College of Technology-Melrose Park | Melrose Park | private for-profit | $24,326 | Not reported |
| Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Chicago | Chicago | private for-profit | $24,350 | $16,657 |
| Benedictine University | Lisle | private nonprofit | $24,570 | $34,290 |
| Augustana College | Rock Island | private nonprofit | $24,695 | $49,834 |
| Bradley University | Peoria | private nonprofit | $24,703 | $39,680 |
| Northwestern College | Oak Lawn | private for-profit | $24,988 | $18,475 |
| Illinois Institute of Technology | Chicago | private nonprofit | $25,001 | $51,763 |
| McKendree University | Lebanon | private nonprofit | $25,200 | $34,070 |
| Knox College | Galesburg | private nonprofit | $25,524 | $55,587 |
| Chamberlain University-Illinois | Addison | private for-profit | $25,875 | $20,604 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago | private nonprofit | $27,979 | $66,939 |
| Columbia College Chicago | Chicago | private nonprofit | $29,790 | $32,520 |
| Lake Forest College | Lake Forest | private nonprofit | $29,894 | $54,202 |
| DeVry University-Illinois | Lisle | private for-profit | $31,063 | $17,488 |
| Illinois Wesleyan University | Bloomington | private nonprofit | $31,310 | $55,704 |
| Wheaton College | Wheaton | private nonprofit | $31,346 | $43,930 |
| DePaul University | Chicago | private nonprofit | $32,129 | $44,460 |
| Methodist College | Peoria | private nonprofit | $35,461 | $18,008 |
| Loyola University Chicago | Chicago | private nonprofit | $37,592 | $51,716 |
| School of the Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago | private nonprofit | $55,485 | $54,530 |
| Adler University | Chicago | private nonprofit | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ambria College of Nursing | Hoffman Estates | private for-profit | Not reported | Not reported |
| Bexley Hall Seabury Western Theological Seminary Federation, Inc. | Chicago | private nonprofit | Not reported | Not reported |
| Blessing Rieman College of Nursing and Health Sciences | Quincy | private nonprofit | Not reported | Not reported |
| CAAN Academy of Nursing | Matteson | private nonprofit | Not reported | Not reported |
| Catholic Theological Union at Chicago | Chicago | private nonprofit | Not reported | Not reported |
| Chamberlain University-Administrative Office | Chicago | private for-profit | Not reported | Not reported |
| Chicago Theological Seminary | Chicago | private nonprofit | Not reported | Not reported |
| City Colleges of Chicago-District Office | Chicago | public | Not reported | Not reported |
| DeVry University-Administrative Office | Lisle | private for-profit | Not reported | Not reported |
| Erikson Institute | Chicago | private nonprofit | Not reported | Not reported |
| Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary | Evanston | private nonprofit | Not reported | Not reported |
| Illinois College of Optometry | Chicago | private nonprofit | Not reported | Not reported |
| Institute for Clinical Social Work | Chicago | private nonprofit | Not reported | Not reported |
| Lake Forest Graduate School of Management | Lake Forest | private nonprofit | Not reported | Not reported |
| Lakeview College of Nursing | Danville | private nonprofit | Not reported | Not reported |
| Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago | Chicago | private nonprofit | Not reported | Not reported |
| McCormick Theological Seminary | Chicago | private nonprofit | Not reported | Not reported |
| Meadville Theological School of Lombard College | Chicago | private nonprofit | Not reported | Not reported |
| Midwest College of Oriental Medicine-Skokie | Skokie | private for-profit | Not reported | Not reported |
| Midwestern University-Downers Grove | Downers Grove | private nonprofit | Not reported | Not reported |
| National University of Health Sciences | Lombard | private nonprofit | Not reported | Not reported |
| Northern Baptist Theological Seminary | Lisle | private nonprofit | Not reported | Not reported |
| NorthShore University HealthSystem School of Nurse Anesthesia | Evanston | private nonprofit | Not reported | Not reported |
| Pacific College of Health and Science | Chicago | private for-profit | Not reported | $7,508 |
| Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science | North Chicago | private nonprofit | Not reported | Not reported |
| Rush University | Chicago | private nonprofit | Not reported | Not reported |
| Saint Anthony College of Nursing | Rockford | private nonprofit | Not reported | $27,811 |
| Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing | Peoria | private nonprofit | Not reported | Not reported |
| Southern Illinois University-System Office | Carbondale | public | Not reported | Not reported |
| Spertus College | Chicago | private nonprofit | Not reported | Not reported |
| St. John's College-Department of Nursing | Springfield | private nonprofit | Not reported | Not reported |
| The Chicago School at Chicago | Chicago | private nonprofit | Not reported | $20,844 |
| Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago | Chicago | private nonprofit | Not reported | Not reported |
| Trinity College of Nursing & Health Sciences | Rock Island | private nonprofit | Not reported | Not reported |
| University of Illinois System Offices | Urbana | public | Not reported | Not reported |
| University of Saint Mary of the Lake | Mundelein | private nonprofit | Not reported | Not reported |
Source: U.S. Department of Education IPEDS. Net price 2022-23, published charges 2023-24. Retrieved 2026-08-13. See methodology.