Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Princeton University Retirement Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $1.5B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 7,955
- Participants Very large workforce
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $192,681
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Princeton University Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by Princeton University · New Jersey · Educational Services
$1.5B in assets, 7,955 participants
Princeton University's Princeton University Retirement Savings Plan reported $1.5B in total assets and 7,955 participants in its 2023 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.
- #3,684 in Educational Services (3,735 peers)
Coverage in New Jersey
Princeton University Retirement Savings Plan covers 7,955 participants in New Jersey, 9.4x the typical New Jersey plan (state average ~844 per filing). Assets: $1.5B.
- #3,684
- in Educational Services (3,735 peers)
- +16.7%
- assets growth YoY
- 15×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Princeton University Retirement Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets
Princeton University Retirement Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$1,532,776,551 Top 1% higher than 99% of 127,068 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023
Princeton University Retirement Savings Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Princeton University Retirement Savings Plan lands in the large band (7,955 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Princeton University Retirement Savings Plan reported net income rose from -$159M in the plan year 2022 filing to $219M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Princeton University Retirement Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $1.3B in the plan year 2022 filing to $1.5B in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Princeton University Retirement Savings Plan reported participants rose from 7,627 in the plan year 2022 filing to 7,955 in the plan year 2023 filing.
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 210634501 · Princeton University PY 2023 · Other
Princeton University Retirement Savings Plan · $1.5B · 7,955 · 99th
- EBSA $1.5B
- EBSA 7,955
- EBSA 99th
- EBSA Other
- EBSA near The George Washington University Supplemental Retirement Plan
- EBSA ind #3684
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 Jersey →
Princeton University Retirement Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood
New Jersey filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $1.3B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $1.5B |
| Net Income | $219M |
| Employer EIN | 210634501 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1970-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Princeton University)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Princeton University plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $4.1B 31.642651742691918% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 15,768 | $3.1B |
| 2023 | 2 | 16,411 | $3.7B |
| 2024 | 2 | 17,596 | $4.1B |
Nearby Other Plans in New Jersey
Peer Other plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Princeton University Retirement Plan $2.1B · 8,456
- Consolidated 403(b) Plan of Hackensack Meridian Health $1.7B · 17,739
- Rwjbarnabas Health 403(b) Savings Plan $1.3B · 28,672
- Atlantic Health System 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan $1.0B · 19,936
- Educational Testing Service 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan $929M · 3,243
Scale composition for Princeton University Retirement Savings Plan
Princeton University Retirement Savings Plan reports $1.5B in end-of-year assets across 7,955 participants (0.012% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.008% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $192,681 per participant (1.4x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $219M.
This plan identity (EIN 210634501, plan #004) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.3B to $1.7B (+32.1%) while covered participants moved from 7,627 to 8,763 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7,627 | $1.3B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 7,955 | $1.5B | This page |
| 2024 · index core | 8,763 | $1.7B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Princeton University Retirement Plan (Money Purchase, $2.4B, 8,833 participants)
- Princeton University Retirement Savings Plan (Other, $1.7B, 8,763 participants)
Princeton University Retirement Savings Plan's out-of-state Other peers by assets and headcount
Outside New Jersey, the nearest Other by assets is The George Washington University Supplemental Retirement Plan in VA ($1.5B); by covered participants it is Research Foundation of the City University of New York Tax-Deferred Annuity (Tda) Plan in NY (7,957 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.5B here).
- The George Washington University Supplemental Retirement Plan (VA) $1.5B · 8,047
- Rush University Medical Center 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan (IL) $1.5B · 12,975
- Southwest Research Institute Retirement Plan (TX) $1.5B · 2,831
- Northside Hospital 403(b) Retirement Plan (GA) $1.5B · 26,208
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (7,955 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Research Foundation of the City University of New York Tax-Deferred Annuity (Tda) Plan (NY) 7,957 · 2 off
- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research (FL) 7,986 · 31 off
- Maimonides Medical Center Tax Deferred Retirement (NY) 8,000 · 45 off
- Nebraska Methodist Health System Defined Contribution Retirement Plan (NE) 8,014 · 59 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.