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Columbia College Chicago403(b)

COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT PLAN · CHICAGO, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.06%

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

Columbia College Chicago reported $128,164 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.06% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,404 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 0.07% to 0.06%. 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 294th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 245th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, the employer put in $1.12 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has grown from 1,241 to 1,694 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$232,970,039
Participants with balances1,744
Active participants1,694
Employer contributions$4,071,568
Employee contributions$3,639,990
Employer contribution per active participant$2,404
Average account balance$133,584
Benefits paid to participants$13,647,433
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCROWE LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$233.0M · 1,744 accts · $4.1M emplr
2023$214.0M · 1,819 accts · $3.8M emplr
2022$185.7M · 1,723 accts · $4.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$128,164
Total administrative$128,164
Employer contributions to the Columbia College Chicago plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,404
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$2,404 per active participant
2023$1,952 per active participant
2022$3,440 per active participant

Columbia College Chicago'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.

What these fees cost you

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
TIAA · Recordkeeping · Pension consulting$123,795

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$128,164 · 0.06%
2023$125,013 · 0.06%
2022$131,841 · 0.07%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 366112087 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.