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Biola University, Inc.403(b)

BIOLA UNIVERSITY DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RETIREMENT PLAN · LA MIRADA, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.07%

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

Biola University, Inc. reported $130,582 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.07% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,042 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 0.10% to 0.07%. 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 573rd-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 284th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $1.96 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 1,419 to 1,257 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$197,624,630
Participants with balances1,206
Active participants1,257
Employer contributions$2,567,372
Employee contributions$5,024,136
Employer contribution per active participant$2,042
Average account balance$163,868
Benefits paid to participants$18,136,178
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$197.6M · 1,206 accts · $2.6M emplr
2023$182.4M · 1,144 accts · $2.0M emplr
2022$165.4M · 1,135 accts · $2.7M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$127,913
Investment management$2,669
Total administrative$130,582
Employer contributions to the Biola University, Inc. plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,042
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$2,042 per active participant
2023$1,546 per active participant
2022$1,909 per active participant

Biola University, Inc.'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.

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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 · 20241
LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION · Contract administrator$119,493

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$130,582 · 0.07%
2023$82,873 · 0.05%
2022$175,895 · 0.10%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 950549600 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.