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University of New England403(b)

UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN · BIDDEFORD, ME · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.04%

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

University of New England reported $90,916 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.04% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $4,569 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 1 year on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.03% to 0.04%. 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 18th-largest of 354 plans among Maine employers on file, and the 232nd of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $1.44 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 1,077 to 1,230 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$248,826,793
Participants with balances1,922
Active participants1,230
Employer contributions$5,619,854
Employee contributions$8,105,475
Employer contribution per active participant$4,569
Average account balance$129,462
Benefits paid to participants$23,441,737
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$248.8M · 1,922 accts · $5.6M emplr
2023$226.9M · 1,930 accts · $4.9M emplr
2022$197.5M · 1,904 accts · $4.6M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$64,272
Investment management$10,644
Total administrative$90,916
Employer contributions to the University of New England plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,569
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$4,569 per active participant
2023$4,321 per active participant
2022$4,302 per active participant

University of New England'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 · 20242
FID INV INST OPS CO · Investment management · Loan processing$74,916
GUIDANCE POINT RETIREMENT SERVICES · Consulting$16,000

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$90,916 · 0.04%
2023$73,415 · 0.03%
2022Not separately reported
Same employer
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Bowdoin College ME$276.9M · 0.01%
Husson University ME$67.0M · 0.17%
Berwick Academy ME$36.4M · 0.12%
College of the Atlantic ME$36.3M · 0.12%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 010211810 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.