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North Carolina Wesleyan University403(b)

NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY RETIREMENT PLAN · ROCKY MOUNT, NC · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.21%

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

North Carolina Wesleyan University reported $65,013 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.21% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,331 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 0.07% to 0.21%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,620 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is the 521st-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and the 1,215th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2025, employees put in $1.05 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$32,995,153
Participants with balances377
Active participants144
Employer contributions$479,603
Employee contributions$505,901
Employer contribution per active participant$3,331
Average account balance$87,520
Benefits paid to participants$1,707,489
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$33.0M · 377 accts · $480K emplr
2024$29.4M · 382 accts · $487K emplr
2023$26.5M · 401 accts · $481K emplr
2022$23.4M · 397 accts · $463K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$50,024
Investment management$10,331
Total administrative$65,013
Employer contributions to the North Carolina Wesleyan University plan · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$3,331
Median for plans this size$2,666
2025$3,331 per active participant
2024$3,432 per active participant
2023$3,252 per active participant
2022$3,234 per active participant

North Carolina Wesleyan University's 2025 employer contribution ran above the $2,666 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20253
NFP RETIREMENT, INC. · Investment advisory (participants)$32,500
TIAA$18,049
FLEXPATH STRATEGIES, LLC · Investment advisory (participants)$7,498

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Administrative cost history4
2025$65,013 · 0.21%
2024$46,782 · 0.17%
2023$32,342 · 0.13%
2022$17,760 · 0.07%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 560686603 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.