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Springfield College403(b)

SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RETIREMENT PLAN · SPRINGFIELD, MA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.03%

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

Springfield College reported $67,220 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.03% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $4,921 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 0.02% to 0.03%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is the 217th-largest of 2,726 plans among Massachusetts employers on file, and the 233rd of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $1.05 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 1,102 to 540 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$245,831,683
Participants with balances1,485
Active participants540
Employer contributions$2,657,165
Employee contributions$2,780,284
Employer contribution per active participant$4,921
Average account balance$165,543
Benefits paid to participants$18,025,285
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$245.8M · 1,485 accts · $2.7M emplr
2023$232.6M · 1,503 accts · $3.1M emplr
2022$212.9M · 1,513 accts · $3.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$7,703
Investment management$49,517
Audit (IQPA)$10,000
Total administrative$67,220
Employer contributions to the Springfield College plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,921
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$4,921 per active participant
2023$2,826 per active participant
2022$2,681 per active participant

Springfield College's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 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 · 20244
TIAA · Recordkeeping$2,078
FIDUCIENT ADVISORS, LLC · Investment advisory (participants)$49,517
COHNREZNICK LLP · Accounting / audit$10,000
PASI · Pension consulting$5,625

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$67,220 · 0.03%
2023$70,639 · 0.03%
2022$40,898 · 0.02%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 042104329 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.