Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

American Public Education Inc.401(k)

AMERICAN PUBLIC EDUCATION RETIREMENT PLAN · CHARLES TOWN, WV · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.00%

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

American Public Education Inc. reported $9,425 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.00% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,066 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 0.002% to 0.003%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is the 6th-largest of 265 plans among West Virginia employers on file, and the 192nd of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $3.11 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$303,162,700
Participants with balances4,790
Active participants5,899
Employer contributions$6,288,977
Employee contributions$19,584,424
Employer contribution per active participant$1,066
Average account balance$63,291
Benefits paid to participants$26,254,385
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$303.2M · 4,790 accts · $6.3M emplr
2023$259.3M · 4,499 accts · $6.1M emplr
2022$214.8M · 4,430 accts · $6.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$9,425
Total administrative$9,425
The American Public Education Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,066
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$1,066 per active participant
2023$1,073 per active participant
2022$1,059 per active participant

American Public Education Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $4,294 median for plans its size, in the bottom quarter of its peers. 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 · 20241
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$9,425

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

Administrative cost history3
2024$9,425 · 0.00%
2023$6,521 · 0.00%
2022$3,469 · 0.00%
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Chapman University CA$303.8M · 0.03%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 010724376 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.