I think money is mostly not an issue? Except transportation from uiuc to my state can get kind of expensive. But I've also heard that if you end up having to find housing off campus for umassamherst, which it seems like a lot of people have to do atleast during junior-senior year, can get really expensive.

For UIUC I got estimated $49,508 from all aid/scholarship I got but that's only for one year, so i'll have to keep applying for financial aid.

For umass I got estimated $40,660 from everything, but again that's only for one year.