Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Baylor College of Medicine Retirement Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1.6B
Total assets Very large vs avg
12,275
Participants Very large workforce
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$133,134
Avg per participant Near avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Baylor College of Medicine Section 403b · Sponsored by Baylor College of Medicine · Texas · Educational Services

$1.6B in assets, 12,275 participants

Baylor College of Medicine's Baylor College of Medicine Section 403b reported $1.6B in total assets and 12,275 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th 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.

  • #3,984 in Educational Services (4,024 peers)

Coverage in Texas

Baylor College of Medicine Section 403b covers 12,275 participants in Texas, 18x the typical Texas plan (state average ~688 per filing). Assets: $1.6B.

#3,984
in Educational Services (4,024 peers)
-14.9%
assets change YoY
16×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $287M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Baylor College of Medicine Section 403b's outsized position by total assets

Baylor College of Medicine Section 403b vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500

$1,634,224,741 Top 1% higher than 99% of 139,123 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022

Baylor College of Medicine Section 403b's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Baylor College of Medicine Section 403b is a mega filing (12,275 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 741613878 · Baylor College of Medicine PY 2022 · Other

Baylor College of Medicine Section 403b · $1.6B · 12,275 · 99th

  • NET $1.6B
  • NET 12,275
  • NET 99th
  • NET Other
  • NET near Yale-New Haven Hospital and Tax Exempt Affiliates Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan
  • NET ind #3984

Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Educational Services retirement plans → · Plans in Texas →

Baylor College of Medicine Section 403b in the asset neighbourhood

Supplemental Retirement Annuity Plan of the University of PennsylvaniaSupplemental Retirement Annu…$1.7BCaltech Voluntary Retirement PlanCaltech Voluntary Retirement…$1.7BYale-New Haven Hospital and Tax Exempt Affiliates Tax Sheltered Annuity PlanYale-New Haven Hospital and …$1.7BBaylor College of Medicine Section 403bBaylor College of Medicine S…$1.6BHoward Hughes Medical Institute Retirement Savings PlanHoward Hughes Medical Instit…$1.6B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Baylor College of Medicine Section 403b and nearest nationwide Other peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Texas filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.9B
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.6B
Net Income-$287M
Employer EIN741613878
Plan Effective Date1989-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Baylor College of Medicine)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Baylor College of Medicine plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$4.1B 34.60186420397031% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$2.5B$3B$3.5B$4B$4.5B 202220232024 $3.07B $4.13B ▲ +34.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 22,150 $3.1B
2023 2 22,919 $3.6B
2024 2 23,926 $4.1B

Nearby Other Plans in Texas

Peer Other plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Baylor College of Medicine Section 403b vs. nearby Other plans in Texas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 0100002000030000 0.511.522.5 Total assets ($B) Participants Baylor College of Medicine Section 403b, Total assets ($B): 1.634224741 · Participants: 12275Baylor College of Medicine Section 403bMemorial Hermann Health System Employees' Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.20173657 · Participants: 28410Memorial Hermann Health System Employees' Retirement Savings PlanThe Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan of the Methodist Hospital, Total assets ($B): 1.955231306 · Participants: 28126The Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan of the Methodist HospitalThe Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan of Texas Children's Hospital, Total assets ($B): 1.475271679 · Participants: 14185The Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan of Texas Children's HospitalSouthwest Research Institute Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.372219413 · Participants: 2825Southwest Research Institute Retirement PlanSouthern Methodist University Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.932153525 · Participants: 2277Southern Methodist University Retirement Plan
Baylor College of Medicine Section 403b vs. nearby Other plans in Texas, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Baylor College of Medicine Section 403b

Baylor College of Medicine Section 403b reports $1.6B in end-of-year assets across 12,275 participants (0.013% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.013% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $133,134 per participant (96% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$287M.

This plan identity (EIN 741613878, plan #008) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.6B to $2.2B (+33.3%) while covered participants moved from 12,275 to 13,205 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 12,275 $1.6B This page
2023 12,679 $1.9B Open filing
2024 · index core 13,205 $2.2B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

Baylor College of Medicine Section 403b's out-of-state Other peers by assets and headcount

Outside Texas, the nearest Other by assets is Yale-New Haven Hospital and Tax Exempt Affiliates Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan in CT ($1.7B); by covered participants it is Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta Inc Share Plan in GA (12,262 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (12,275 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Baylor College of Medicine Section 403b assets move in 2022? ▼
Baylor College of Medicine Section 403b pulled back noticeably - down 14.9% during 2022, from $1.9B to $1.6B. Reported net income was -$287M.
How have Baylor College of Medicine plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Baylor College of Medicine's sponsor-wide assets grew 34.6%, from $3.1B to $4.1B.
Where does Baylor College of Medicine Section 403b rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Baylor College of Medicine Section 403b ranks in the 99th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which Other plans are similar in size to Baylor College of Medicine Section 403b? ▼
Among Other plans in other states, the closest by assets is Yale-New Haven Hospital and Tax Exempt Affiliates Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan in CT ($1.7B, 22,661 participants).
Which Other plans cover a similar participant headcount to Baylor College of Medicine Section 403b? ▼
Among Other plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta Inc Share Plan in GA (12,262 participants, $1.0B in assets).