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Dakota Wesleyan University403(b)

DAKOTA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN · MITCHELL, SD · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.20%

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

Dakota Wesleyan University reported $38,294 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.20% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,149 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 0.29% to 0.20%. 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 98th-largest of 233 plans among South Dakota employers on file, and 1,622nd of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $1.40 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$18,987,868
Participants with balances301
Active participants149
Employer contributions$320,241
Employee contributions$449,519
Employer contribution per active participant$2,149
Average account balance$63,083
Benefits paid to participants$2,345,160
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$19.0M · 301 accts · $320K emplr
2023$18.5M · 299 accts · $319K emplr
2022$16.9M · 300 accts · $296K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$38,183
Total administrative$38,294
Employer contributions to the Dakota Wesleyan University plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,149
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,149 per active participant
2023$2,262 per active participant
2022$2,056 per active participant

Dakota Wesleyan University's 2024 employer contribution ran below 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.

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$12,238
TWO WEST CAPITAL ADVISORS · Investment management$22,833

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$38,294 · 0.20%
2023$55,745 · 0.32%
2022$53,309 · 0.29%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 460224589 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.