Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Nebraska Wesleyan University Retirement Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$80M
Total assets
309
Participants
91st
Percentile by assets
$258,231
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: Nebraska Wesleyan University DC Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Nebraska Wesleyan University · Nebraska · Educational Services

$80M in assets, 309 participants

Nebraska Wesleyan University's Nebraska Wesleyan University DC Retirement Plan reported $80M in total assets and 309 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 91st percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

  • 91st percentile by assets (of 139,258 plans)

What the 2022 filing shows

Nebraska Wesleyan University DC Retirement Plan holds $80M for 309 participants - about $258,231 per participant, in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, down 15.1% over the 2022 plan year.

$80M
total plan assets (2022 EOY)
309
covered participants
91st
percentile by assets (of 139,258 plans)
$258,231
avg assets per participant

The plan reported a net loss of $14M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

State
Industry
Educational Services

Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

What the Filing Says About Nebraska Wesleyan University DC Retirement Plan

Nebraska Wesleyan University DC Retirement Plan is an Other retirement plan sponsored by Nebraska Wesleyan University, headquartered in Nebraska. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2022 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $80M in total end-of-year assets and covers 309 participants across the Educational Services industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 470376524, and the plan has been effective since 1968-05-09. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets declined sharply from $94M at the beginning of 2022 to $80M at year-end - down 15.1%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $80M, with reported net income of -$14M driven by investment returns, contributions received, and benefit payments during the period. These figures reflect what the plan administrator certified on Schedule H or Schedule I of the Form 5500 annual return and can be compared against 2 prior plan-year filings from the same sponsor shown below.

Across the 3 plan years Nebraska Wesleyan University has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $80M to $90M, a gain of 13.2%, while reported participants moved from 309 to 415 (+34.3%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $90M; the softest was 2022 at $80M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $80M in assets across 1 plan covering 309 participants; 2023 - $84M in assets across 1 plan covering 409 participants; 2024 - $90M in assets across 1 plan covering 415 participants.

By assets, Nebraska Wesleyan University DC Retirement Plan outranks 91% of the 139,258 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2022 plan year, and holds roughly 0.8x the national average plan size of $100M and 730 average participants.

Asset totals and participant counts reflect a single plan year snapshot and can change materially with market conditions, plan mergers, or workforce changes. Fields such as "net income" include both realized investment performance and contribution/distribution flows, a single-year figure does not by itself indicate plan health or participant outcomes. This page summarizes public DOL disclosures for research and educational purposes only and is not retirement, tax, legal, or financial advice. Before making decisions about your own retirement benefits or evaluating an employer's plan, verify the underlying filing directly via the DOL EFAST2 system and consult a qualified professional.

How the percentile is calculated: we count every plan that filed a 2022 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (139,258 plans), rank Nebraska Wesleyan University DC Retirement Plan against all of them by total assets, and report the share of those plans it outranks. A plan reporting no asset figure for the year is excluded from the ranking rather than assumed to be zero.

Financial Summary (2022)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$94M
Total Assets (End of Year)$80M
Net Assets (End of Year)$80M
Net Income-$14M
Plan TypeOther
Employer EIN470376524
Plan Effective Date1968-05-09
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Nebraska Wesleyan University)

$75M$80M$85M$90M$95M 202220232024 $79.8M $90.3M ▲ +13.2%
Total plan assets by year, all Nebraska Wesleyan University 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 309 $80M
2023 1 409 $84M
2024 1 415 $90M

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Nebraska Wesleyan University DC Retirement Plan?
As of the 2022 Form 5500 filing, Nebraska Wesleyan University DC Retirement Plan holds $80M in total assets with 309 participants. It is sponsored by Nebraska Wesleyan University.
What type of plan is Nebraska Wesleyan University DC Retirement Plan?
Nebraska Wesleyan University DC Retirement Plan is an Other plan. It has been effective since 1968-05-09. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 470376524.
Who sponsors the Nebraska Wesleyan University DC Retirement Plan?
Nebraska Wesleyan University DC Retirement Plan is sponsored by Nebraska Wesleyan University, located in Nebraska. The sponsor's EIN is 470376524 and the plan operates in the Educational Services industry.
How did Nebraska Wesleyan University DC Retirement Plan perform in 2022?
Nebraska Wesleyan University DC Retirement Plan declined sharply - down 15.1% during 2022, moving from $94M to $80M in total assets. Net income was -$14M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Nebraska Wesleyan University DC Retirement Plan's numbers.

  • By total assets, Nebraska Wesleyan University DC Retirement Plan ranks in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Other plans in Nebraska. Compare plans
  • Nebraska Wesleyan University's sponsor-wide assets have grown 13.2% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Educational Services plans
  • An Other plan works differently from other retirement plan types, understand the structural differences before comparing. Compare plan types

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2022.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 470376524.

Reference: IRS Publication 560, Retirement Plans for Small Business, contribution-limit rules.

Reference: IRS Publication 590-B, Distributions from IRAs, RMD rules under SECURE Act 2.0.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.

Every figure on PlainRetire is rendered directly from the Department of Labor's Form 5500 annual return filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-07-24.