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Northeastern University403(b)

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY RETIREMENT PLAN · BOSTON, MA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.01%

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

Northeastern University reported $245,356 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.01% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $6,716 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 0.009% to 0.010%. The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,229 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is the 20th-largest of 2,726 plans among Massachusetts employers on file, and the 22nd of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $1.06 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$2,641,546,036
Participants with balances12,195
Active participants9,197
Employer contributions$61,764,823
Employee contributions$65,319,148
Employer contribution per active participant$6,716
Average account balance$216,609
Benefits paid to participants$143,910,361
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Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$2.6B · 12,195 accts · $61.8M emplr
2023$2.3B · 11,528 accts · $50.0M emplr
2022$1.9B · 10,124 accts · $42.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$78,224
Investment management$100,000
Audit (IQPA)$30,500
Total administrative$245,356
Employer contributions to the Northeastern University plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$6,716
Median for plans this size$5,259
2024$6,716 per active participant
2023$5,365 per active participant
2022$4,551 per active participant

Northeastern University's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $5,259 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 · 20246
SAGEVIEW ADVISORY GROUP · Investment advisory (plan)$100,000
FIDELITY INV. INST. OPS. CO. · Loan processing$55,171
ROPES & GRAY, LLP · Legal$36,632
GRANT THORNTON LLP · Accounting / audit$30,500
TIAA · Loan processing$14,053
GRANT THORNTON ADVISORS LLC · Accounting / audit$9,000

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

Administrative cost history3
2024$245,356 · 0.01%
2023$171,118 · 0.01%
2022$179,612 · 0.01%
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Trustees of Tufts College MA$1.0B · 0.05%
Brandeis University MA$923.1M · 0.04%
Wellesley College MA$787.3M · 0.05%
Trustees of Boston College MA$765.2M · 0.01%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 041679980 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.