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Kettering University403(b)

KETTERING UNIVERSITY RETIREMENT PLAN · FLINT, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.22%

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

Kettering University reported $426,618 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.22% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $6,408 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 0.17% to 0.22%. 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 151st-largest of 2,619 plans among Michigan employers on file, and the 278th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, the employer put in $1.10 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$201,060,508
Participants with balances893
Active participants348
Employer contributions$2,229,858
Employee contributions$2,024,965
Employer contribution per active participant$6,408
Average account balance$225,152
Benefits paid to participants$14,735,484
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$201.1M · 893 accts · $2.2M emplr
2023$189.0M · 903 accts · $2.2M emplr
2022$180.2M · 889 accts · $2.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$79,267
Investment management$118,151
Audit (IQPA)$11,000
Total administrative$426,618
Employer contributions to the Kettering University plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$6,408
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$6,408 per active participant
2023$6,049 per active participant
2022$6,028 per active participant

Kettering University's 2024 employer contribution ran above 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 · 20244
TIAA · Recordkeeping · Pension consulting$79,371
MILLENNIUM ADVISORY SERVICES, INC · Investment management$75,488
PLANPILOT, LLC · Investment management$42,559
BKD, 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$426,618 · 0.22%
2023$379,993 · 0.21%
2022$327,846 · 0.17%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 382410852 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.