Santa Barbara Graduate School, Inc. dba Pacifica Graduate Institute401(k)
PACIFICA GRADUATE INSTITUTE 401K PLAN · CARPINTERIA, CA · plan year 2024
Peer grade: D · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works
Santa Barbara Graduate School, Inc. dba Pacifica Graduate Institute reported $77,721 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.46% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $214 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 0.25% to 0.46%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is the 3,917th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and 1,670th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $11.29 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 321 to 364 since 2022.
Santa Barbara Graduate School, Inc. dba Pacifica Graduate Institute's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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.
Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.
Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 770119973 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.