Real costs by region · Midwest · families earning under $30,000
25 Midwest colleges under $7,000 a year — if you earn under $30,000.
Across 273 Midwest colleges, families earning under $30,000 paid between $1,043 and $43,798 a year. The 25 cheapest are all under $7,000 — and 3 of them are private.
| School | Type | Admit | Sticker / yr | This band paidPaid |
|---|
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | Public | 16% | $34,654 | $1,043 |
| Indiana University-Northwest | Public | 73% | $13,989 | $1,419 |
| Purdue University Northwest | Public | 72% | $15,571 | $1,432 |
| University of Michigan-Flint | Public | 70% | $20,915 | $1,517 |
| Washington University in St Louis | Private | 12% | $88,488 | $1,716 |
| Northwestern University | Private | 8% | $91,250 | $1,764 |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Public | 42% | $33,642 | $2,038 |
| Michigan Technological University | Public | 92% | $34,152 | $2,045 |
| Ferris State University | Public | 91% | $27,048 | $2,556 |
| Indiana University-Southeast | Public | 84% | $16,411 | $3,782 |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison | Public | 45% | $28,679 | $4,200 |
| Oakland University | Public | 88% | $25,182 | $4,422 |
| Indiana University-South Bend | Public | 84% | $17,364 | $4,637 |
| Ohio State University-Main Campus | Public | 61% | $30,305 | $4,885 |
| Purdue University-Main Campus | Public | 50% | $24,591 | $5,098 |
| Indiana University-East | Public | 67% | $16,954 | $5,154 |
| Western Michigan University | Public | 85% | $29,237 | $5,263 |
| Indiana University-Indianapolis | Public | 76% | $23,316 | $5,701 |
| University of Minnesota-Crookston | Public | 88% | $26,068 | $5,758 |
| University of Illinois Springfield | Public | 86% | $25,521 | $5,778 |
| Truman State University | Public | 84% | $25,115 | $6,046 |
| Indiana University-Bloomington | Public | 78% | $28,801 | $6,324 |
| College of the Ozarks | Private | 12% | $33,734 | $6,381 |
| Indiana State University | Public | 81% | $24,535 | $6,455 |
| University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | Public | 80% | $30,061 | $6,642 |
"Paid" is the average net price reported to the U.S. Department of Education for aided families at under $30,000 household income — planning data, not an offer. Public colleges show in-state prices; out-of-state families typically pay more. Colleges enrolling fewer than 1,000 students are excluded, because federal price cells at very small schools are volatile enough to manufacture patterns that disappear at scale. A low price and a low admit rate are different things — the admit column is there so the two are never confused.
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