The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art403(b)

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

The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art reported $161,662 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.11% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $8,178 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 0.06% to 0.11%. 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 577th-largest of 5,648 plans among New York employers on file, and the 348th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, the employer put in $1.62 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has grown from 296 to 332 since 2022.