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Albion College403(b)

ALBION COLLEGE RETIREMENT PLAN · ALBION, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.12%

Peer grade: B · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works

Albion College reported $172,492 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.12% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,634 per active participant. This ratio covers administrative expenses reported on the plan's Schedule H only; fund-level expense ratios are not included in public structured data — see methodology.

Across the 2 years on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.02% to 0.12%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is the 206th-largest of 2,619 plans among Michigan employers on file, and the 378th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, the employer put in $1.00 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has grown from 386 to 510 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$143,176,372
Participants with balances1,134
Active participants510
Employer contributions$1,343,088
Employee contributions$1,341,511
Employer contribution per active participant$2,634
Average account balance$126,258
Benefits paid to participants$10,468,784
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$143.2M · 1,134 accts · $1.3M emplr
2023$133.8M · 1,037 accts · $1.8M emplr
2022$123.8M · 1,043 accts · $2.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$40,854
Investment management$131,638
Total administrative$172,492
Employer contributions to the Albion College plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,634
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$2,634 per active participant
2023$4,462 per active participant
2022$5,186 per active participant

Albion College's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 median for plans its size. Filings report dollars actually contributed, not the match formula; the formula itself (for example, 50% of the first 6% of pay) lives in the plan's summary plan description from HR.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20242
TIAA · Recordkeeping · Pension consulting$40,877
THE AGBAY GROUP · Investment management$29,724

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Recordkeeper by year2
2024TIAA
2023TIAA

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Administrative cost history3
2024$172,492 · 0.12%
2023$76,923 · 0.06%
2022$31,278 · 0.02%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 381359081 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.