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Simmons University403(b)

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

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.05%

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

Simmons University reported $127,318 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.05% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,152 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 0.04% to 0.05%. 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 199th-largest of 2,726 plans among Massachusetts employers on file, and the 210th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $1.50 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 857 to 667 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$269,544,065
Participants with balances2,168
Active participants667
Employer contributions$2,102,224
Employee contributions$3,150,202
Employer contribution per active participant$3,152
Average account balance$124,328
Benefits paid to participants$24,809,147
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$269.5M · 2,168 accts · $2.1M emplr
2023$255.4M · 2,132 accts · $2.1M emplr
2022$237.7M · 2,141 accts · $2.2M emplr
Employer contributions to the Simmons University plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,152
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$3,152 per active participant
2023$2,913 per active participant
2022$2,555 per active participant

Simmons University's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $4,294 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 · 20243
TIAA · Contract administrator · Recordkeeping$65,452
FIDUCIENT ADVISORS, LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$37,132
CBIZ CPAS P.C. · Accounting / audit$26,085

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$127,318 · 0.05%
2023$140,549 · 0.06%
2022$102,072 · 0.04%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 042103629 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.