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Southwestern College403(b)

SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT PLAN · WINFIELD, KS · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.12%

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

Southwestern College reported $32,960 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.12% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $71 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 0.12%. 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 231st-largest of 828 plans among Kansas employers on file, and the 1,346th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $20.99 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 266 to 193 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$27,694,442
Participants with balances620
Active participants193
Employer contributions$13,786
Employee contributions$289,331
Employer contribution per active participant$71
Average account balance$44,668
Benefits paid to participants$1,769,757
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCAPIN CROUSE
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$27.7M · 620 accts · $14K emplr
2023$26.0M · 635 accts · $52K emplr
2022$26.1M · 662 accts · $330K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$32,960
Total administrative$32,960
Employer contributions to the Southwestern College plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$71
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$71 per active participant
2023$265 per active participant
2022$1,240 per active participant

Southwestern College'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.

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 · 20242
TIAA - TEACHERS INSURANCE AND ANNUI · Contract administrator$19,571
MARINER WEALTH ADVISORS, LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$13,390

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$32,960 · 0.12%
2023$12,343 · 0.05%
2022$11,417 · 0.04%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 480543715 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.