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Bryant University401(k)

BRYANT UNIVERSITY 403(B) RETIREMENT PLAN · SMITHFIELD, RI · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.02%

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

Bryant University reported $71,220 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.02% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $5,556 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.019% to 0.022%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 230 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is the 19th-largest of 286 plans among Rhode Island employers on file, and the 168th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2025, the employer put in $1.13 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$343,628,772
Participants with balances1,581
Active participants971
Employer contributions$5,395,339
Employee contributions$4,784,474
Employer contribution per active participant$5,556
Average account balance$217,349
Benefits paid to participants$27,912,705
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$343.6M · 1,581 accts · $5.4M emplr
2024$318.2M · 1,555 accts · $4.9M emplr
2023$293.2M · 1,508 accts · $4.8M emplr
2022$264.2M · 1,441 accts · $4.8M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$71,215
Total administrative$71,220
The Bryant University 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$5,556
Median for plans this size$4,295
2025$5,556 per active participant
2024$4,963 per active participant
2023$5,032 per active participant
2022$5,267 per active participant

Bryant University's 2025 employer contribution ran above the $4,295 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.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20255
GLOBAL RETIREMENT PARTNERS$26,000
CARON & BLETZER, PLLC · Accounting / audit$17,700
THE ANGELL PENSION GROUP, INC.$11,182
GLOBAL RETIREMENT PARTNERS LLC$6,018
FIDELITY INST OPERATIONS CO INC. · Loan processingindirect comp

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

Administrative cost history4
2025$71,220 · 0.02%
2024$49,625 · 0.02%
2023$66,985 · 0.02%
2022$55,572 · 0.02%
Same employer
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Brown University RI$1.5B · 0.01%
Providence College RI$393.5M · 0.05%
Johnson & Wales University RI$367.9M · 0.14%
Roger Williams University RI$359.8M · 0.06%
Salve Regina University RI$129.1M · 0.11%
The Wheeler School RI$70.3M · 0.11%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 050258810 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.