Colleges in Illinois and what each costs

54 colleges, biggest first. The cost is one year in 2026-27: tuition and fees (in-state for public colleges), books, room and board, and other costs. Click a college to see how many years your 529 pays for.

College	City	Type	One year, 2026-27
UIUC cost of attendance	Champaign	Public, 4-year	$36,296
UIC cost of attendance	Chicago	Public, 4-year	$40,354
Illinois State cost of attendance	Normal	Public, 4-year	$36,295
DePaul cost of attendance	Chicago	Private, 4-year	$74,339
Loyola Chicago cost of attendance	Chicago	Private, 4-year	$79,269
NIU cost of attendance	Dekalb	Public, 4-year	$33,458
Northwestern cost of attendance	Evanston	Private, 4-year	$100,881
SIU Edwardsville cost of attendance	Edwardsville	Public, 4-year	$32,419
Southern Illinois University Carbondale cost of attendance	Carbondale	Public, 4-year	$30,617
University of Chicago cost of attendance	Chicago	Private, 4-year	$101,967
Columbia College Chicago cost of attendance	Chicago	Private, 4-year	$66,548
Western Illinois University cost of attendance	Macomb	Public, 4-year	$31,344
Eastern Illinois University cost of attendance	Charleston	Public, 4-year	$30,807
Lewis University cost of attendance	Romeoville	Private, 4-year	$58,830
Northeastern Illinois University cost of attendance	Chicago	Public, 4-year	$30,705
Aurora University cost of attendance	Aurora	Private, 4-year	$50,242
Bradley University cost of attendance	Peoria	Private, 4-year	$63,853
Saint Xavier University cost of attendance	Chicago	Private, 4-year	$57,669
Elmhurst University cost of attendance	Elmhurst	Private, 4-year	$71,006
Roosevelt University cost of attendance	Chicago	Private, 4-year	$47,745
Illinois Institute of Technology cost of attendance	Chicago	Private, 4-year	$79,895
School of the Art Institute of Chicago cost of attendance	Chicago	Private, 4-year	$86,046
Olivet Nazarene University cost of attendance	Bourbonnais	Private, 4-year	$61,477
Dominican University cost of attendance	River Forest	Private, 4-year	$57,153
Governors State University cost of attendance	University Park	Public, 4-year	$31,264
Augustana College cost of attendance	Rock Island	Private, 4-year	$72,802
North Central College cost of attendance	Naperville	Private, 4-year	$69,197
University of Illinois Springfield cost of attendance	Springfield	Public, 4-year	$30,451
Wheaton College cost of attendance	Wheaton	Private, 4-year	$66,765
Benedictine University cost of attendance	Lisle	Private, 4-year	$56,260
North Park University cost of attendance	Chicago	Private, 4-year	$55,888
Lake Forest College cost of attendance	Lake Forest	Private, 4-year	$78,796
McKendree University cost of attendance	Lebanon	Private, 4-year	$53,624
Illinois Wesleyan University cost of attendance	Bloomington	Private, 4-year	$77,815
Moody Bible Institute cost of attendance	Chicago	Private, 4-year	$37,913
Chicago State University cost of attendance	Chicago	Public, 4-year	$34,060
Millikin University cost of attendance	Decatur	Private, 4-year	$45,444
Concordia University, Chicago cost of attendance	River Forest	Private, 4-year	$54,868
University of St. Francis cost of attendance	Joliet	Private, 4-year	$56,578
Knox College cost of attendance	Galesburg	Private, 4-year	$76,299
Rockford University cost of attendance	Rockford	Private, 4-year	$59,951
Greenville University cost of attendance	Greenville	Private, 4-year	$51,327
Trinity Christian College cost of attendance	Palos Heights	Private, 4-year	$41,596
Judson University cost of attendance	Elgin	Private, 4-year	$49,986
Monmouth College cost of attendance	Monmouth	Private, 4-year	$63,273
Eureka College cost of attendance	Eureka	Private, 4-year	$46,476
Blackburn College cost of attendance	Carlinville	Private, 4-year	$44,929
Principia College cost of attendance	Elsah	Private, 4-year	$53,859
Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing cost of attendance	Peoria	Private, 4-year	$46,258
Methodist College cost of attendance	Peoria	Private, 4-year	$43,335
Hebrew Theological College cost of attendance	Skokie	Private, 4-year	$35,031
Telshe Yeshiva-Chicago cost of attendance	Chicago	Private, 4-year	$23,886
VanderCook College of Music cost of attendance	Chicago	Private, 4-year	$52,470
Trinity International University, Illinois cost of attendance	Deerfield	Private, 4-year	$22,861

2026-27 is our estimate: the 2025-26 prices each college reported to the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard), plus 3%.

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