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Houghton University403(b)

HOUGHTON UNIVERSITY DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN · HOUGHTON, NY · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.06%

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

Houghton University reported $32,833 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.06% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,499 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 has held roughly steady near 0.059%. 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 1,244th-largest of 5,648 plans among New York employers on file, and the 832nd of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $2.83 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$57,512,445
Participants with balances490
Active participants141
Employer contributions$211,369
Employee contributions$598,884
Employer contribution per active participant$1,499
Average account balance$117,372
Benefits paid to participants$3,396,897
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$57.5M · 490 accts · $211K emplr
2023$54.5M · 497 accts · $207K emplr
2022$51.2M · 509 accts · $216K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$15,858
Investment management$8,975
Audit (IQPA)$8,000
Total administrative$32,833
Employer contributions to the Houghton University plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,499
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$1,499 per active participant
2023$1,428 per active participant
2022$1,456 per active participant

Houghton University's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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.

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 · 20243
TIAA · Recordkeeping · Pension consulting$15,858
GLOBAL RETIREMENT PARTNERS LLC · Investment management$8,975
LUMSDEN & MCCORMICK LLP · Accounting / audit$8,000

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$32,833 · 0.06%
2023$24,394 · 0.05%
2022$32,416 · 0.06%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 160743045 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.