The average amount of institutional financial aid given to full-time, first-time degree-seeking undergraduate students receiving aid.

Benchmark data from the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC):

All national and regional data are presented as medians

Region	Total Schools	Description
Far West	68	includes institutions from Alaska, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington
West	88	includes institutions from Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming
National	780	includes institutions nationwide
750-1500	195	Size of institution based upon 12-month full-time equivalency of undergraduate, graduate and first-professional student enrollment
<750	96	Size of institution based upon 12-month full-time equivalency of undergraduate, graduate and first-professional student enrollment
* Data Source: 2013 CIC and May 2014 Scorecard