Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Syracuse University Retirement Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$726M
Total assets
7,437
Participants
98th
Percentile by assets
$97,619
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: Syracuse University Voluntary Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Syracuse University · New York · Educational Services

$726M in assets, 7,437 participants

Syracuse University's Syracuse University Voluntary Retirement Plan reported $726M in total assets and 7,437 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 98th 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.

  • 98th percentile by assets (of 139,258 plans)

What the 2022 filing shows

Syracuse University Voluntary Retirement Plan holds $726M for 7,437 participants - about $97,619 per participant, in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, down 12.4% over the 2022 plan year.

$726M
total plan assets (2022 EOY)
7,437
covered participants
98th
percentile by assets (of 139,258 plans)
$97,619
avg assets per participant

The plan reported a net loss of $102M 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 Syracuse University Voluntary Retirement Plan

Syracuse University Voluntary Retirement Plan is an Other retirement plan sponsored by Syracuse University, headquartered in New York. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2022 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $726M in total end-of-year assets and covers 7,437 participants across the Educational Services industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 150532081, and the plan has been effective since 1976-01-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets pulled back noticeably from $828M at the beginning of 2022 to $726M at year-end - down 12.4%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $726M, with reported net income of -$102M 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 Syracuse University has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $2.2B to $2.6B, a gain of 18.0%, while reported participants moved from 12,451 to 12,631 (+1.4%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $2.6B; the softest was 2022 at $2.2B. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $2.2B in assets across 2 plans covering 12,451 participants; 2023 - $2.4B in assets across 2 plans covering 12,475 participants; 2024 - $2.6B in assets across 2 plans covering 12,631 participants.

By assets, Syracuse University Voluntary Retirement Plan outranks 98% of the 139,258 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2022 plan year, and holds roughly 7.3x 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 Syracuse University Voluntary 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)$828M
Total Assets (End of Year)$726M
Net Assets (End of Year)$726M
Net Income-$102M
Plan TypeOther
Employer EIN150532081
Plan Effective Date1976-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Syracuse University)

$2B$2.2B$2.4B$2.6B$2.8B 202220232024 $2.19B $2.59B ▲ +18.3%
Total plan assets by year, all Syracuse University 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 12,451 $2.2B
2023 2 12,475 $2.4B
2024 2 12,631 $2.6B

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Syracuse University Voluntary Retirement Plan?
As of the 2022 Form 5500 filing, Syracuse University Voluntary Retirement Plan holds $726M in total assets with 7,437 participants. It is sponsored by Syracuse University.
What type of plan is Syracuse University Voluntary Retirement Plan?
Syracuse University Voluntary Retirement Plan is an Other plan. It has been effective since 1976-01-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 150532081.
Who sponsors the Syracuse University Voluntary Retirement Plan?
Syracuse University Voluntary Retirement Plan is sponsored by Syracuse University, located in New York. The sponsor's EIN is 150532081 and the plan operates in the Educational Services industry.
How did Syracuse University Voluntary Retirement Plan perform in 2022?
Syracuse University Voluntary Retirement Plan pulled back noticeably - down 12.4% during 2022, moving from $828M to $726M in total assets. Net income was -$102M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Syracuse University Voluntary Retirement Plan's numbers.

  • By total assets, Syracuse University Voluntary Retirement Plan ranks in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Other plans in New York. Compare plans
  • Syracuse University's sponsor-wide assets have grown 18.0% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Educational Services plans
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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 150532081.

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.