Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Franklin Pierce University Retirement Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$61M
Total assets
633
Participants
87th
Percentile by assets
$95,988
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: Franklin Pierce University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Franklin Pierce University · New Hampshire · Educational Services

$61M in assets, 633 participants

Franklin Pierce University's Franklin Pierce University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan reported $61M in total assets and 633 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 87th 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.

  • 87th percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)

What the 2023 filing shows

Franklin Pierce University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan holds $61M for 633 participants - about $95,988 per participant, in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, up 11.5% over the 2023 plan year.

$61M
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
633
covered participants
87th
percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
$95,988
avg assets per participant
Industry
Educational Services

Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

What the Filing Says About Franklin Pierce University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan

Franklin Pierce University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan is an Other retirement plan sponsored by Franklin Pierce University, headquartered in New Hampshire. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2023 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $61M in total end-of-year assets and covers 633 participants across the Educational Services industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 020263136, and the plan has been effective since 1968-08-15. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets grew at a solid clip from $55M at the beginning of 2023 to $61M at year-end - up 11.5%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $61M, with reported net income of $6M 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 Franklin Pierce University has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $55M to $67M, a gain of 22.9%, while reported participants moved from 622 to 643 (+3.4%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $67M; the softest was 2022 at $55M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $55M in assets across 1 plan covering 622 participants; 2023 - $61M in assets across 1 plan covering 633 participants; 2024 - $67M in assets across 1 plan covering 643 participants.

By assets, Franklin Pierce University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan outranks 87% of the 126,618 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 0.6x 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 2023 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (126,618 plans), rank Franklin Pierce University Defined Contribution 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 (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$55M
Total Assets (End of Year)$61M
Net Assets (End of Year)$61M
Net Income$6M
Plan TypeOther
Employer EIN020263136
Plan Effective Date1968-08-15
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Franklin Pierce University)

$50M$55M$60M$65M$70M 202220232024 $54.5M $67M ▲ +22.9%
Total plan assets by year, all Franklin Pierce University 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 622 $55M
2023 1 633 $61M
2024 1 643 $67M

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Franklin Pierce University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan?
As of the 2023 Form 5500 filing, Franklin Pierce University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan holds $61M in total assets with 633 participants. It is sponsored by Franklin Pierce University.
What type of plan is Franklin Pierce University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan?
Franklin Pierce University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan is an Other plan. It has been effective since 1968-08-15. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 020263136.
Who sponsors the Franklin Pierce University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan?
Franklin Pierce University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan is sponsored by Franklin Pierce University, located in New Hampshire. The sponsor's EIN is 020263136 and the plan operates in the Educational Services industry.
How did Franklin Pierce University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan perform in 2023?
Franklin Pierce University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan grew at a solid clip - up 11.5% during 2023, moving from $55M to $61M in total assets. Net income was $6M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Franklin Pierce University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan's numbers.

  • By total assets, Franklin Pierce University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan ranks in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Other plans in New Hampshire. Compare plans
  • Franklin Pierce University's sponsor-wide assets have grown 22.9% 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 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 020263136.

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.