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Arcadia University403(b)

ARCADIA UNIVERSITY DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RETIREMENT PLAN · GLENSIDE, PA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.00%

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

Arcadia University reported $6,618 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.00% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,235 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.004%. 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 324th-largest of 3,651 plans among Pennsylvania employers on file, and the 326th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $1.60 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 1,637 to 829 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$170,850,963
Participants with balances1,280
Active participants829
Employer contributions$1,852,784
Employee contributions$2,960,057
Employer contribution per active participant$2,235
Average account balance$133,477
Benefits paid to participants$9,209,545
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$170.9M · 1,280 accts · $1.9M emplr
2023$156.5M · 1,256 accts · $2.2M emplr
2022$140.9M · 1,218 accts · $2.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$6,618
Total administrative$6,618
Employer contributions to the Arcadia University plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,235
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$2,235 per active participant
2023$2,886 per active participant
2022$1,320 per active participant

Arcadia University'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 · 20241
TIAA · Recordkeeping · Pension consulting$1,948

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
2023Newport (Ascensus), TIAA

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Arcadia University before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history3
2024$6,618 · 0.00%
2023$6,505 · 0.00%
2022$6,258 · 0.00%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 231352620 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.