Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Howard University Retirement Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $1.0B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 5,159
- Participants Above avg headcount
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $195,957
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Howard University Savings Plan · Sponsored by Howard University · District of Columbia · Educational Services
$1.0B in assets, 5,159 participants
Howard University's Howard University Savings Plan reported $1.0B in total assets and 5,159 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.
- #3,959 in Educational Services (4,024 peers)
Coverage in District of Columbia
Howard University Savings Plan covers 5,159 participants in District of Columbia, 3.5x the typical District of Columbia plan (state average ~1,456 per filing). Assets: $1.0B.
- #3,959
- in Educational Services (4,024 peers)
- -12.4%
- assets change YoY
- 10×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $143M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Howard University Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets
Howard University Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$1,010,943,324 Top 1% higher than 99% of 139,123 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022
Howard University Savings Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Howard University Savings Plan lands in the large band (5,159 participants).
Form 5500 schedule snapshot
Filing strip 530204707 · Howard University PY 2022 · Other
Howard University Savings Plan · $1.0B · 5,159 · 99th
- RANK $1.0B
- RANK 5,159
- RANK 99th
- RANK Other
- RANK near Ucar Retirement Plan
- RANK ind #3959
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 District of Columbia →
Howard University Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood
District of Columbia filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $1.2B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $1.0B |
| Net Income | -$143M |
| Employer EIN | 530204707 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1977-07-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Howard University)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Howard University plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $1.9B 15.892875371326598% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 6,178 | $1.6B |
| 2023 | 2 | 7,518 | $1.8B |
| 2024 | 2 | 7,390 | $1.9B |
Nearby Other Plans in District of Columbia
Peer Other plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Int'l Brotherhood of Electrical Workers' Pension Benefit Fund $2.5B · 419,935
- Georgetown University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan $2.0B · 4,918
- American University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan $1.1B · 2,632
- Georgetown University Voluntary Contribution Retirement Plan $741M · 13,020
- The Catholic University of America Retirement Plan $500M · 1,751
Scale composition for Howard University Savings Plan
Howard University Savings Plan reports $1.0B in end-of-year assets across 5,159 participants (0.008% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.005% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $195,957 per participant (1.4x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$143M.
This plan identity (EIN 530204707, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.0B to $1.2B (+18.7%) while covered participants moved from 5,159 to 6,543 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5,159 | $1.0B | This page |
| 2023 | 6,611 | $1.1B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 6,543 | $1.2B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Howard University Savings Plan (Other, $1.2B, 6,543 participants)
- Howard University Employees' Retirement Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $670M, 847 participants)
Howard University Savings Plan's out-of-state Other peers by assets and headcount
Outside District of Columbia, the nearest Other by assets is Ucar Retirement Plan in CO ($1.0B); by covered participants it is Hartford Healthcare 403(b)Plan in CT (5,141 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.0B here).
- Ucar Retirement Plan (CO) $1.0B · 1,300
- Loyola University Chicago Defined Contribution Retirement Plan (IL) $999M · 2,744
- Sharpsaver Defined Contribution Plan (CA) $998M · 19,079
- Lifespan Corporation 403(b)Retirement Plan (RI) $1.0B · 10,171
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (5,159 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Hartford Healthcare 403(b)Plan (CT) 5,141 · 18 off
- Maimonides Medical Center Tax Deferred Retirement Plan (NY) 5,122 · 37 off
- William Marsh Rice University Supplemental 403(b) Plan (TX) 5,213 · 54 off
- Firsthealth of the Carolinas, Inc. Matching Savings Plan (NC) 5,217 · 58 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.