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Midwestern University403(b)

MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY RETIREMENT PLAN · DOWNERS GROVE, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.03%

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

Midwestern University reported $119,241 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.03% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $10,801 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 0.027% to 0.025%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is the 155th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 108th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, the employer put in $1.30 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$507,684,771
Participants with balances2,812
Active participants1,622
Employer contributions$17,519,372
Employee contributions$13,509,942
Employer contribution per active participant$10,801
Average account balance$180,542
Benefits paid to participants$26,893,482
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Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$507.7M · 2,812 accts · $17.5M emplr
2023$442.4M · 2,762 accts · $16.5M emplr
2022$374.2M · 2,708 accts · $15.8M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$119,241
Total administrative$119,241
Employer contributions to the Midwestern University plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$10,801
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$10,801 per active participant
2023$10,105 per active participant
2022$9,760 per active participant

Midwestern University's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $4,294 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.

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 · Investment advisory (plan)$118,839
RELIASTAR LIFE INS. CO.indirect comp

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$119,241 · 0.03%
2023$92,572 · 0.02%
2022$107,306 · 0.03%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 363377698 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.