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Benedict College403(b)

BENEDICT COLLEGE DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RETIREMENT PLAN · COLUMBIA, SC · plan year 2022

Reported admin expense ratio · 2022
0.07%

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

Benedict College reported $18,260 in plan administrative expenses for 2022: 0.07% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,111 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.

The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,806 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is the 211th-largest of 807 plans among South Carolina employers on file, and the 1,395th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2022, employees put in $1.30 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$26,152,605
Participants with balances511
Active participants484
Employer contributions$537,486
Employee contributions$696,320
Employer contribution per active participant$1,111
Average account balance$51,179
Benefits paid to participants$1,674,754
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2022
Recordkeeping & contract admin$18,260
Total administrative$18,260
Employer contributions to the Benedict College plan · 2022
Employer contribution per active participant$1,111
Median for plans this size$2,266

Benedict College's 2022 employer contribution ran below the $2,266 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 2022 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Administrative cost history1
2022$18,260 · 0.07%
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Limestone University SC$36.0M · 0.00%
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Newberry College SC$22.2M · 0.10%
Ashley Hall School SC$21.7M · 0.04%
Spartanburg Day School SC$19.7M · 0.13%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 570314365 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.