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American Student Assistance403(b)

AMERICAN STUDENT ASSISTANCE 403(B) RETIREMENT PLAN · BOSTON, MA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.01%

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

American Student Assistance reported $1,900 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.01% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $8,850 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 fell from 0.03% to 0.01%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is the 849th-largest of 2,726 plans among Massachusetts employers on file, and the 1,102nd of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $1.39 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$38,194,990
Participants with balances304
Active participants79
Employer contributions$699,125
Employee contributions$973,122
Employer contribution per active participant$8,850
Average account balance$125,641
Benefits paid to participants$2,129,593
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCBIZ CPAS P. C.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$38.2M · 304 accts · $699K emplr
2023$33.9M · 318 accts · $716K emplr
2022$29.1M · 319 accts · $693K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$1,700
Total administrative$1,900
Employer contributions to the American Student Assistance plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$8,850
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$8,850 per active participant
2023$9,801 per active participant
2022$8,776 per active participant

American Student Assistance's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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.

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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

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$1,900 · 0.01%
2023$4,414 · 0.01%
2022$11,528 · 0.03%
All plans at this employer2
AMERICAN STUDENT ASSISTANCE EMPLOYEE 401(A) RETIREMENT PLANProfit-sharing plan
AMERICAN STUDENT ASSISTANCE 403(B) RETIREMENT PLAN403(b)
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Boston Higashi School, Inc MA$36.9M · 0.01%
The Pike School, Inc. MA$35.5M · 0.13%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 042254705 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.