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Aspen Group, Inc.401(k)

ASPEN GROUP, INC. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN AND TRUST · PHOENIX, AZ · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
1.76%

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

Aspen Group, Inc. reported $95,067 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 1.76% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $0 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 1.95% to 1.76%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Arizona (787th of 1,285), and 9,520th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. active participation has shrunk from 888 to 670 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$5,679,049
Participants with balances666
Active participants670
Employer contributions$0
Employee contributions$983,126
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Average account balance$8,527
Benefits paid to participants$1,279,534
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$5.7M · 666 accts
2023$5.1M · 692 accts
2022$4.3M · 843 accts · $212 emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$84,567
Investment management$7,500
Audit (IQPA)$3,000
Total administrative$95,067
The Aspen Group, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Median for plans this size$1,313

Aspen Group, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 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 · 20242
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$84,567
NFP RETIREMENT INC · Investment advisory (plan)$7,500

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$95,067 · 1.76%
2023$87,184 · 1.85%
2022$86,810 · 1.95%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 271933597 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.