Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

University of Mary Retirement Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$63M
Total assets
449
Participants
88th
Percentile by assets
$140,729
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: University of Mary Employee Retirement Plan · Sponsored by University of Mary · North Dakota · Educational Services

$63M in assets, 449 participants

University of Mary's University of Mary Employee Retirement Plan reported $63M in total assets and 449 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 88th 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.

  • 88th percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)

What the 2023 filing shows

University of Mary Employee Retirement Plan holds $63M for 449 participants - about $140,729 per participant, in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, up 12.2% over the 2023 plan year.

$63M
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
449
covered participants
88th
percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
$140,729
avg assets per participant
State
Industry
Educational Services

Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

What the Filing Says About University of Mary Employee Retirement Plan

University of Mary Employee Retirement Plan is an Other retirement plan sponsored by University of Mary, headquartered in North Dakota. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2023 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $63M in total end-of-year assets and covers 449 participants across the Educational Services industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 450273403, and the plan has been effective since 1972-01-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets grew at a solid clip from $56M at the beginning of 2023 to $63M at year-end - up 12.2%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $63M, with reported net income of $7M 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 University of Mary has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $56M to $72M, a gain of 27.4%, while reported participants moved from 452 to 450 (-0.4%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $72M; the softest was 2022 at $56M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $56M in assets across 1 plan covering 452 participants; 2023 - $63M in assets across 1 plan covering 449 participants; 2024 - $72M in assets across 1 plan covering 450 participants.

By assets, University of Mary Employee Retirement Plan outranks 88% 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 University of Mary Employee 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)$56M
Total Assets (End of Year)$63M
Net Assets (End of Year)$63M
Net Income$7M
Plan TypeOther
Employer EIN450273403
Plan Effective Date1972-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (University of Mary)

$50M$55M$60M$65M$70M$75M 202220232024 $56.3M $71.7M ▲ +27.4%
Total plan assets by year, all University of Mary 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 452 $56M
2023 1 449 $63M
2024 1 450 $72M

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the University of Mary Employee Retirement Plan?
As of the 2023 Form 5500 filing, University of Mary Employee Retirement Plan holds $63M in total assets with 449 participants. It is sponsored by University of Mary.
What type of plan is University of Mary Employee Retirement Plan?
University of Mary Employee Retirement Plan is an Other plan. It has been effective since 1972-01-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 450273403.
Who sponsors the University of Mary Employee Retirement Plan?
University of Mary Employee Retirement Plan is sponsored by University of Mary, located in North Dakota. The sponsor's EIN is 450273403 and the plan operates in the Educational Services industry.
How did University of Mary Employee Retirement Plan perform in 2023?
University of Mary Employee Retirement Plan grew at a solid clip - up 12.2% during 2023, moving from $56M to $63M in total assets. Net income was $7M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on University of Mary Employee Retirement Plan's numbers.

  • By total assets, University of Mary Employee 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 North Dakota. Compare plans
  • University of Mary's sponsor-wide assets have grown 27.4% 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 450273403.

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.