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Wells College403(b)

WELLS COLLEGE TAX DEFERRED RETIREMENT PLAN · AURORA, NY · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.08%

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

Wells College reported $34,397 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.08% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,437 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 0.05% to 0.08%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is the 1,464th-largest of 5,648 plans among New York employers on file, and the 990th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2023, employees put in $2.13 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$45,432,014
Participants with balances347
Active participants107
Employer contributions$260,779
Employee contributions$556,604
Employer contribution per active participant$2,437
Average account balance$130,928
Benefits paid to participants$3,273,800
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024— · $154K emplr
2023$45.4M · 347 accts · $261K emplr
2022$42.7M · 357 accts · $186K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$34,105
Total administrative$34,397
Employer contributions to the Wells College plan · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$2,437
Median for plans this size$2,440
2023$2,437 per active participant
2022$1,823 per active participant

Wells College's 2023 employer contribution ran below the $2,440 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20232
FIDUCIARY INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC · Consulting$26,230
TIAA - TEACHERS INSURANCE AND ANNUI · Plan administrator$7,874

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Administrative cost history3
2024Not separately reported
2023$34,397 · 0.08%
2022$23,824 · 0.05%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 150532276 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.