Emerson College403(b)
EMERSON COLLEGE TAX DEFERRED ANNUITY PLAN · BOSTON, MA · plan year 2025
Peer grade: B+ · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works
Emerson College reported $286,561 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.11% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $12,004 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 0.10% to 0.11%. 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 198th-largest of 2,726 plans among Massachusetts employers on file, and the 208th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2025, employees put in $1.11 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 1,582 to 594 since 2022.
Emerson College's 2025 employer contribution ran above the $4,295 median for plans its size, placing it in the top quarter of its peers. 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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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 041286950 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.