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Berklee College of Music, Inc.403(b)

BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC, INC. 403(B) RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · BOSTON, MA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.09%

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

Berklee College of Music, Inc. reported $249,878 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.09% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $4,183 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 0.05% to 0.09%. 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 178th-largest of 2,726 plans among Massachusetts employers on file, and the 193rd of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $1.52 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 1,024 to 2,205 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$302,766,821
Participants with balances3,132
Active participants2,205
Employer contributions$9,223,873
Employee contributions$14,022,268
Employer contribution per active participant$4,183
Average account balance$96,669
Benefits paid to participants$20,975,863
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$302.8M · 3,132 accts · $9.2M emplr
2023$265.5M · 3,442 accts · $8.3M emplr
2022$230.4M · 2,988 accts · $7.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$249,878
Total administrative$249,878
Employer contributions to the Berklee College of Music, Inc. plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,183
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$4,183 per active participant
2023$8,782 per active participant
2022$7,003 per active participant

Berklee College of Music, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $4,294 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.

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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 · 20242
TRANSAMERICA RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS · Claims processing · Recordkeeping$249,878
NATIONAL FINANCIAL SERVICES · Securities brokerageindirect comp

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Transamerica
2023Transamerica

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Administrative cost history3
2024$249,878 · 0.09%
2023$120,514 · 0.05%
2022$138,115 · 0.05%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 042300472 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.