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Compare with Illinois Public Colleges

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University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

$52,175 lower in-state tuition
37% higher acceptance rate

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University of Illinois at Chicago

$53,709 lower in-state tuition
72% higher acceptance rate

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University of Chicago

$1,086 lower in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate

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Wheaton College

$21,217 lower in-state tuition
83% higher acceptance rate

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Illinois Institute of Technology

$15,244 lower in-state tuition
48% higher acceptance rate

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Lake Forest College

$11,587 lower in-state tuition
52% higher acceptance rate

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Knox College

$10,119 lower in-state tuition
64% higher acceptance rate

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University of Michigan

$47,991 lower in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate

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Michigan State University

$49,239 lower in-state tuition
77% higher acceptance rate

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Ohio State University

$53,061 lower in-state tuition
44% higher acceptance rate

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University of Wisconsin Madison

$55,243 lower in-state tuition
36% higher acceptance rate

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Purdue University Main Campus

$55,169 lower in-state tuition
43% higher acceptance rate

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Miami University

$50,252 lower in-state tuition
75% higher acceptance rate

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Indiana University Bloomington

$54,575 lower in-state tuition
73% higher acceptance rate

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Iowa State University

$55,905 lower in-state tuition
82% higher acceptance rate

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University of Minnesota Twin Cities

$50,391 lower in-state tuition
70% higher acceptance rate

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University of Cincinnati Main Campus

$52,995 lower in-state tuition
81% higher acceptance rate

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University of Notre Dame

$2,701 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate

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Washington University in St Louis

$3,137 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate

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University of Dayton

$17,287 lower in-state tuition
55% higher acceptance rate

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Butler University

$19,897 lower in-state tuition
79% higher acceptance rate

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Marquette University

$17,197 lower in-state tuition
80% higher acceptance rate

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Case Western Reserve University

$787 lower in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate

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Oberlin College

$1,187 lower in-state tuition
26% higher acceptance rate

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Drake University

$15,421 lower in-state tuition
57% higher acceptance rate

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Carleton College

$156 higher in-state tuition
15% higher acceptance rate

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Denison University

$887 lower in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate

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Grinnell College

$545 lower in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate

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Kenyon College

$4,143 higher in-state tuition
24% higher acceptance rate

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DePauw University

$8,857 lower in-state tuition
47% higher acceptance rate

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St Olaf College

$7,917 lower in-state tuition
45% higher acceptance rate

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Saint Louis University Main Campus

$12,627 lower in-state tuition
74% higher acceptance rate

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John Carroll University

$17,587 lower in-state tuition
74% higher acceptance rate

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Macalester College

$209 lower in-state tuition
21% higher acceptance rate

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University of St Thomas

$14,099 lower in-state tuition
78% higher acceptance rate

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The College of Wooster

$5,837 lower in-state tuition
47% higher acceptance rate

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Rose Hulman Institute of Technology

$11,889 lower in-state tuition
66% higher acceptance rate

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Milwaukee School of Engineering

$18,502 lower in-state tuition
53% higher acceptance rate

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Augsburg College

$21,745 lower in-state tuition
70% higher acceptance rate

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Hamline University

$17,753 lower in-state tuition
83% higher acceptance rate

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Kalamazoo College

$6,702 lower in-state tuition
69% higher acceptance rate

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Ohio Northern University

$28,387 lower in-state tuition
66% higher acceptance rate

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Beloit College

$6,845 lower in-state tuition
50% higher acceptance rate

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Cedarville University

$29,009 lower in-state tuition
56% higher acceptance rate

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Andrews University

$32,487 lower in-state tuition
80% higher acceptance rate

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Centre College

$14,637 lower in-state tuition
47% higher acceptance rate

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Ohio Wesleyan University

$13,116 lower in-state tuition
44% higher acceptance rate

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Earlham College

$13,917 lower in-state tuition
67% higher acceptance rate

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St Catherine University

$16,023 lower in-state tuition
87% higher acceptance rate

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Lawrence University

$9,738 lower in-state tuition
56% higher acceptance rate

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Viterbo University

$33,287 lower in-state tuition
66% higher acceptance rate

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Minneapolis College of Art and Design

$21,513 lower in-state tuition
41% higher acceptance rate

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Hillsdale College

$34,107 lower in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate

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Harvard University

$10,618 lower in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate

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Stanford University

$3,156 lower in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate

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University of Southern California

$1,753 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate

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New York University

$4,449 lower in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate

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Duke University

$1,437 lower in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate

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Johns Hopkins University

$2,047 lower in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate

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Boston University

$1,089 lower in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate

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University of Pennsylvania

$6,267 lower in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate

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Yale University

$187 lower in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate

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Cornell University

$317 higher in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate

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Georgetown University

$9 higher in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate

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Emory University

$4,967 lower in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate

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Carnegie Mellon University

$2,627 lower in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate

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Boston College

$1,523 higher in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate

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Northeastern University

$2,887 lower in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate

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Columbia University in the City of New York

$453 higher in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate

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George Washington University

$187 lower in-state tuition
37% higher acceptance rate

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