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Worcester Polytechnic Institute403(b)

WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN · WORCESTER, 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

Worcester Polytechnic Institute reported $203,816 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.03% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $7,533 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 0.027% to 0.031%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is the 83rd-largest of 2,726 plans among Massachusetts employers on file, and the 71st of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $1.06 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$687,129,504
Participants with balances2,905
Active participants1,512
Employer contributions$11,389,753
Employee contributions$12,039,425
Employer contribution per active participant$7,533
Average account balance$236,533
Benefits paid to participants$42,070,918
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$687.1M · 2,905 accts · $11.4M emplr
2023$626.7M · 2,470 accts · $10.9M emplr
2022$557.3M · 2,748 accts · $10.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$104,815
Investment management$82,801
Audit (IQPA)$16,200
Total administrative$203,816
Employer contributions to the Worcester Polytechnic Institute plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$7,533
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$7,533 per active participant
2023$7,813 per active participant
2022$7,003 per active participant

Worcester Polytechnic Institute's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $4,294 median for plans its size, placing it in the top quarter of its peers. 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 · 20245
TIAA · Recordkeeping · Pension consulting$105,300
FIDUCIENT ADVISORS, LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$60,800
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$17,134
BERRY DUNN MCNEIL & PARKER LLC · Accounting / audit$16,200
FIDELITY INV INST OPS CO., LLC · Loan processingindirect comp

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$203,816 · 0.03%
2023$206,637 · 0.03%
2022$161,025 · 0.03%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 042121659 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.