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Compare with Illinois Public Colleges

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University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

$49,917 lower in-state tuition
38% higher acceptance rate

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University of Illinois at Chicago

$51,421 lower in-state tuition
72% higher acceptance rate

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University of Chicago

$1,212 lower in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate

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Loyola University Chicago

$14,291 lower in-state tuition
72% higher acceptance rate

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Wheaton College

$20,401 lower in-state tuition
81% higher acceptance rate

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Illinois Institute of Technology

$13,721 lower in-state tuition
54% higher acceptance rate

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Knox College

$9,930 lower in-state tuition
66% higher acceptance rate

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University of Michigan

$45,987 lower in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate

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Michigan State University

$47,199 lower in-state tuition
81% higher acceptance rate

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Ohio State University

$50,866 lower in-state tuition
46% higher acceptance rate

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University of Wisconsin Madison

$53,118 lower in-state tuition
42% higher acceptance rate

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Purdue University Main Campus

$52,673 lower in-state tuition
46% higher acceptance rate

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Miami University

$48,049 lower in-state tuition
81% higher acceptance rate

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Indiana University Bloomington

$52,379 lower in-state tuition
75% higher acceptance rate

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University of Minnesota Twin Cities

$48,385 lower in-state tuition
68% higher acceptance rate

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University of Cincinnati Main Campus

$50,893 lower in-state tuition
79% higher acceptance rate

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University of Notre Dame

$2,597 lower in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate

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Washington University in St Louis

$2,971 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate

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University of Dayton

$16,221 lower in-state tuition
67% higher acceptance rate

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Marquette University

$16,531 lower in-state tuition
80% higher acceptance rate

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Case Western Reserve University

$1,351 lower in-state tuition
20% higher acceptance rate

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Oberlin College

$1,285 lower in-state tuition
28% higher acceptance rate

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Carleton College

$147 lower in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate

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Valparaiso University

$18,991 lower in-state tuition
87% higher acceptance rate

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Denison University

$2,391 lower in-state tuition
15% higher acceptance rate

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Grinnell College

$1,403 lower in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate

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Kenyon College

$3,849 higher in-state tuition
27% higher acceptance rate

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DePauw University

$7,991 lower in-state tuition
59% higher acceptance rate

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St Olaf College

$7,741 lower in-state tuition
49% higher acceptance rate

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Saint Louis University Main Campus

$12,591 lower in-state tuition
78% higher acceptance rate

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Macalester College

$121 lower in-state tuition
21% higher acceptance rate

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Calvin University

$24,021 lower in-state tuition
67% higher acceptance rate

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University of St Thomas

$13,461 lower in-state tuition
70% higher acceptance rate

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The College of Wooster

$5,341 lower in-state tuition
49% higher acceptance rate

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Cornell College

$13,877 lower in-state tuition
72% higher acceptance rate

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Rose Hulman Institute of Technology

$11,430 lower in-state tuition
66% higher acceptance rate

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Milwaukee School of Engineering

$17,790 lower in-state tuition
56% higher acceptance rate

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Augsburg College

$21,107 lower in-state tuition
70% higher acceptance rate

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Holy Cross College

$28,891 lower in-state tuition
69% higher acceptance rate

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Kalamazoo College

$6,390 lower in-state tuition
72% higher acceptance rate

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Kettering University

$18,011 lower in-state tuition
74% higher acceptance rate

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Beloit College

$6,581 lower in-state tuition
59% higher acceptance rate

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Cedarville University

$27,893 lower in-state tuition
58% higher acceptance rate

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Centre College

$14,321 lower in-state tuition
56% higher acceptance rate

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Earlham College

$13,173 lower in-state tuition
66% higher acceptance rate

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Transylvania University

$20,491 lower in-state tuition
84% higher acceptance rate

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St Catherine University

$15,415 lower in-state tuition
86% higher acceptance rate

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Wittenberg University

$20,131 lower in-state tuition
87% higher acceptance rate

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Lawrence University

$8,724 lower in-state tuition
65% higher acceptance rate

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St Louis College of Pharmacy

$31,711 lower in-state tuition
85% higher acceptance rate

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Minneapolis College of Art and Design

$20,281 lower in-state tuition
50% higher acceptance rate

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Hillsdale College

$32,801 lower in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate

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Harvard University

$9,732 lower in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate

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Stanford University

$4,698 lower in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate

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University of Southern California

$1,077 higher in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate

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New York University

$7,007 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate

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Duke University

$1,956 lower in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate

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Johns Hopkins University

$1,911 lower in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate

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University of Pennsylvania

$6,179 lower in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate

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Cornell University

$65 higher in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate

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Georgetown University

$519 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate

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Carnegie Mellon University

$2,527 lower in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate

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Boston College

$559 higher in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate

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Northeastern University

$3,291 lower in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate

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Columbia University in the City of New York

$179 higher in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate

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