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Meredith College403(b)

MEREDITH COLLEGE RETIREMENT PLAN · RALEIGH, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.06%

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

Meredith College reported $55,399 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.06% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,872 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 217th-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and the 565th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $1.43 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$94,145,126
Participants with balances880
Active participants419
Employer contributions$1,203,359
Employee contributions$1,726,021
Employer contribution per active participant$2,872
Average account balance$106,983
Benefits paid to participants$6,181,775
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$94.1M · 880 accts · $1.2M emplr
2023$86.4M · 926 accts · $1.2M emplr
2022$79.1M · 922 accts · $1.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$55,399
Total administrative$55,399
Employer contributions to the Meredith College plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,872
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$2,872 per active participant
2023$2,917 per active participant
2022$2,818 per active participant

Meredith College'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 · Investment advisory (participants)$54,154
VERITY ASSET MANAGEMENT · Recordkeeping$8,647

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, VERITY ASSET MANAGEMENT
2023TIAA, VERITY ASSET MANAGEMENT

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Administrative cost history3
2024$55,399 · 0.06%
2023$56,784 · 0.07%
2022$62,644 · 0.07%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 560530242 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.