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Claflin University403(b)

CLAFLIN UNIVERSITY DC RETIREMENT PLAN · ORANGEBURG, SC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.04%

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

Claflin University reported $11,364 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.04% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,788 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 0.01% to 0.04%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is the 169th-largest of 807 plans among South Carolina employers on file, and the 1,218th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, the employer put in $1.79 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$32,875,790
Participants with balances392
Active participants261
Employer contributions$988,744
Employee contributions$550,972
Employer contribution per active participant$3,788
Average account balance$83,867
Benefits paid to participants$1,253,030
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$32.9M · 392 accts · $989K emplr
2023$28.9M · 394 accts · $1.0M emplr
2022$25.8M · 398 accts · $888K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$9,217
Investment management$2,147
Total administrative$11,364
Employer contributions to the Claflin University plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,788
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$3,788 per active participant
2023$3,745 per active participant
2022$3,303 per active participant

Claflin University's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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
TIAA · Recordkeeping · Pension consulting$9,217

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024TIAA
2023TIAA

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Administrative cost history3
2024$11,364 · 0.04%
2023$5,299 · 0.02%
2022$1,831 · 0.01%
All plans at this employer2
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 570314374 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.