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Barnard College403(b)

BARNARD COLLEGE 403(B) PLAN · NEW YORK, NY · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.06%

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

Barnard College reported $268,849 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.06% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $10,227 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 0.060% to 0.065%. 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 246th-largest of 5,648 plans among New York employers on file, and the 128th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, the employer put in $1.45 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has grown from 794 to 905 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$441,242,534
Participants with balances2,184
Active participants905
Employer contributions$9,255,256
Employee contributions$6,402,271
Employer contribution per active participant$10,227
Average account balance$202,034
Benefits paid to participants$16,617,148
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$441.2M · 2,184 accts · $9.3M emplr
2023$390.9M · 2,124 accts · $9.0M emplr
2022$339.5M · 2,060 accts · $8.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$239,844
Investment management$2,429
Audit (IQPA)$15,000
Total administrative$268,849
Employer contributions to the Barnard College plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$10,227
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$10,227 per active participant
2023$10,128 per active participant
2022$10,450 per active participant

Barnard College's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $4,294 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.

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 · 20245
TIAA - TEACHERS INSURANCE AND ANNUI · Insurance services$191,759
FIDUCIENT ADVISORS, LLC · Investment management$27,874
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Investment advisory (plan)$25,646
INSERO AND CO. CPAS, LLP · Accounting / audit$15,000
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Insurance services$8,400

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$268,849 · 0.06%
2023$382,098 · 0.10%
2022$218,453 · 0.06%
All plans at this employer2
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 131628149 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.