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Thomas College403(b)

THOMAS COLLEGE DC RETIREMENT PLAN · WATERVILLE, ME · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.16%

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

Thomas College reported $34,949 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.16% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,954 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 0.12% to 0.16%. 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 125th-largest of 354 plans among Maine employers on file, and the 1,480th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $1.47 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 146 to 177 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$23,077,585
Participants with balances293
Active participants177
Employer contributions$522,813
Employee contributions$767,620
Employer contribution per active participant$2,954
Average account balance$78,763
Benefits paid to participants$2,055,725
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorWIPFLI LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$23.1M · 293 accts · $523K emplr
2023$21.4M · 274 accts · $435K emplr
2022$19.3M · 264 accts · $394K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$34,949
Total administrative$34,949
Employer contributions to the Thomas College plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,954
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,954 per active participant
2023$2,844 per active participant
2022$2,698 per active participant

Thomas College's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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.

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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 · 20241
TIAA-CREF · Contract administrator$35,249

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$34,949 · 0.16%
2023$31,203 · 0.15%
2022$24,886 · 0.12%
Same employer
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Husson University ME$67.0M · 0.17%
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Gould Academy ME$17.9M · 0.15%
Kents Hill School ME$17.4M · 0.15%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 010263385 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.