Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Teachers College Columbia University Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$55M
Total assets Below avg plan size
172
Participants Small participant base
89th
Percentile by assets National rank
$320,027
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees · Sponsored by Teachers College Columbia University · New York · Educational Services

$55M in assets, 172 participants

Teachers College Columbia University's Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees reported $55M in total assets and 172 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 89th 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.

  • #3,186 in Educational Services (4,024 peers)

Coverage in New York

Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees covers 172 participants in New York, about 22% of the average New York filer (state average ~798 per filing). Assets: $55M.

#3,186
in Educational Services (4,024 peers)
-0.9%
assets change YoY
0.6×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $533K for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees's outsized position by total assets

Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees vs every filed plan by assets

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

$55,044,675 Top 11% higher than 89% 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

Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees sits mid-pack in the medium band (172 participants).

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 131624202 · Teachers College Columbia University PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees · $55M · 172 · 89th

  • PHOTO $55M
  • IND 172
  • EOY 89th
  • 5500 Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • ASSETS near Pasadena Refining System, Inc. Retirement Plan
  • PCT ind #3186

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 New York →

Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

New York filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$56M
Net Assets (End of Year)$55M
Net Income-$533K
Employer EIN131624202
Plan Effective Date1966-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Teachers College Columbia University)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Teachers College Columbia University plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$623M 20.432816609088835% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$500M$550M$600M$650M 202220232024 $517M $623M ▲ +20.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 1,179 $517M
2023 2 2,502 $574M
2024 2 2,449 $623M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New York

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -500005000100001500020000 -100102030 Total assets ($B) Participants Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees, Total assets ($B): 0.055044675 · Participants: 172Retirement Plan for Non-Academic EmployeesIBM Personal Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 25.511753238 · Participants: 16431IBM Personal Pension PlanConsolidated Edison Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 15.815266303 · Participants: 11303Consolidated Edison Retirement PlanPepsico Employees Retirement Plan I, Total assets ($B): 7.656963 · Participants: 11386Pepsico Employees Retirement Plan INew York State Nurses Association Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.019503014 · Participants: 18592New York State Nurses Association Pension PlanNew York District Council of Carpenters Pension Pl, Total assets ($B): 4.837058087 · Participants: 11318New York District Council of Carpenters Pension Pl
Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants
Compare Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees side-by-side with 3 peers →

Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside New York, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Pasadena Refining System, Inc. Retirement Plan in TX ($55M); by covered participants it is Southwest Marine Pension Trust in CA (172 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (172 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 Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees assets move in 2022? ▼
Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees held essentially flat - down 0.9% during 2022, from $56M to $55M. Reported net income was -$533K.
How have Teachers College Columbia University plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Teachers College Columbia University's sponsor-wide assets grew 20.4%, from $517M to $623M.
Where does Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees ranks in the 89th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Pasadena Refining System, Inc. Retirement Plan in TX ($55M, 135 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Southwest Marine Pension Trust in CA (172 participants, $39M in assets).

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 131624202.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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