2024 Cheapest Illinois Public Colleges

The 2024 average tuition & fees is $18,946 over 11 4-years public Illinois colleges.

Governors State University is the cheapest public Illinois college with tuition & fees of $11,320.

Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville ($12,025) and Northern Illinois University ($12,506) are following it in the list of Illinois Public Colleges with the Lowest Tuition & Fees.

The average acceptance rate is 75.44% and the average SAT score is 1,080 at the schools.

Table. Illinois Public Colleges With The Lowest Tuition & Fees Comparison
School NameUndergraduate Tuition & FeesGraduate Tuition & FeesAcceptance RateTotal PopulationSAT ScoreGraduation RateStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
6		Governors State University University Park, ILPublic, 4-year $11,320
($11,320)
$6,660		$10,072
($10,072)
$4,872		-4,427-20.00%10 to 1
2
1		Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Edwardsville, ILPublic, 4-year $12,025
($12,025)
$277		$10,102
($10,102)
$403		97.00%12,5191,03053.00%15 to 1
3
-		Northern Illinois University Dekalb, ILPublic, 4-year $12,506
($12,506)
$34		$9,090
($9,090)
$24		70.00%15,649-53.00%14 to 1
4
2		Chicago State University Chicago, ILPublic, 4-year $12,754
($12,754)
$736		$16,162
($10,294)
$121		41.00%2,317-27.00%11 to 1
5
1		Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale, ILPublic, 4-year $13,244
($13,244)
$2,172		$31,050
($14,148)
$2,172		90.00%11,1071,02049.00%11 to 1
6
2		Western Illinois University Macomb, ILPublic, 4-year $14,085
($14,085)
$424		$13,290
($13,290)
$597		75.00%7,643-47.00%13 to 1
7
2		Eastern Illinois University Charleston, ILPublic, 4-year $15,566
($13,124)
$292		$22,695
($11,410)
$986		68.00%8,8571,01054.00%15 to 1
8
-		Northeastern Illinois University Chicago, ILPublic, 4-year $22,726
($12,383)
$534		$18,217
($9,874)
$1,127		70.00%5,756-18.00%9 to 1
9
-		Illinois State University Normal, ILPublic, 4-year $23,479
($14,121)
$270		$12,646
($10,009)
$1,192		89.00%20,6831,11066.00%19 to 1
10
-		University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, ILPublic, 4-year $31,505
($15,816)
$664		$28,641
($17,268)
$219		79.00%33,7471,23061.00%18 to 1
Average$16,921
($13,138)		$17,197
($11,556)		75.44%12,2711,08044.80%14 to 1