Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Cornell University Retirement Plan
Data updated 2026-08-11
- $2.0B
- Total assets
- 5,272
- Participants
- 99th
- Percentile by assets
- $378,627
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: Weill Cornell Medical College Retirement Plan for Faculty and Exempt Employees · Sponsored by Cornell University · New York · Educational Services
$2.0B in assets, 5,272 participants
Cornell University's Weill Cornell Medical College Retirement Plan for Faculty and Exempt Employees reported $2.0B in total assets and 5,272 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.
- 99th percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
- #3,697 in Educational Services (3,735 peers)
Coverage in New York
Weill Cornell Medical College Retirement Plan for Faculty and Exempt Employees covers 5,272 participants in New York, 6.6x the typical New York plan (state average ~798 per filing). Assets: $2.0B.
- $2.0B
- total plan assets (2023 EOY)
- 5,272
- covered participants
- 99th
- percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
- $378,627
- avg assets per participant
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Weill Cornell Medical College Retirement Plan for Faculty and Exempt Employees reported net income rose from -$246M in the plan year 2022 filing to $286M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Weill Cornell Medical College Retirement Plan for Faculty and Exempt Employees reported participants rose from 4,057 in the plan year 2022 filing to 5,272 in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Weill Cornell Medical College Retirement Plan for Faculty and Exempt Employees end-of-year assets rose from $1.7B in the plan year 2022 filing to $2.0B in the plan year 2023 filing.
Participants vs New York filers
In New York, the average filing covers about 798 participants across 9,061 plans. Weill Cornell Medical College Retirement Plan for Faculty and Exempt Employees reports 5,272 participants - 6.6x that state average ($2.0B EOY assets).
New York filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $1.7B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $2.0B |
| Net Income | $286M |
| Employer EIN | 150532082 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1976-07-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Cornell University)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | 40,167 | $7.4B |
| 2023 | 5 | 47,891 | $8.6B |
| 2024 | 5 | 49,890 | $9.5B |
Nearby Other Plans in New York
Peer Other plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
Weill Cornell Medical College Retirement Plan for Faculty and Exempt Employees vs. nearby Other plans in New York, assets vs. participants
- Northwell Health 403(b) Plan $9.9B · 48,676
- The Mount Sinai Medical Center 403(b) Retirement Plan $8.5B · 30,241
- University of Rochester Retirement Program $7.2B · 28,970
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Retirement Savings Plan $5.6B · 22,855
- Retirement Plan for Officers of Columbia University $5.0B · 14,407
Scale composition for Weill Cornell Medical College Retirement Plan for Faculty and Exempt Employees
Weill Cornell Medical College Retirement Plan for Faculty and Exempt Employees reports $2.0B in end-of-year assets across 5,272 participants (0.016% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.006% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $378,627 per participant (2.7x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $286M.
This plan identity (EIN 150532082, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.7B to $2.2B (+30.4%) while covered participants moved from 4,057 to 5,142 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4,057 | $1.7B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 5,272 | $2.0B | This page |
| 2024 · index core | 5,142 | $2.2B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 4 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Cornell University Retirement Plan for the Employees of the Endowed Colleges at Ithaca (Other, $3.0B, 14,648 participants)
- Cornell University Tax-Deferred Annuity Plan (Other, $2.4B, 12,764 participants)
- Weill Cornell Medical College Retirement Plan for Faculty and Exempt Employees (Other, $2.2B, 5,142 participants)
- Weill Cornell Medical College Tax Deferred Annuity Plan (Other, $1.6B, 12,676 participants)
Similar-Sized Other Plans Nationally
Other plans in other states closest to Weill Cornell Medical College Retirement Plan for Faculty and Exempt Employees by total assets, not by location.
- Yale-New Haven Hospital and Tax Exempt Affiliates Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan (CT) $2.0B · 22,121
- Supplemental Retirement Annuity Plan of the University of Pennsylvania (PA) $2.0B · 25,712
- Endeavor Health Legacy 403(b) Tax Deferred Annuity Plan for Northshore University Healthsystem Employees (IL) $2.0B · 13,705
- Faculty and Key Administrative Employee's Retirement Plan a (OH) $2.0B · 1,840
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Filing takeaways
Ways to act on Weill Cornell Medical College Retirement Plan for Faculty and Exempt Employees's numbers.
- By total assets, Weill Cornell Medical College Retirement Plan for Faculty and Exempt Employees ranks among the largest 1% of all filed plans. See the largest plans
- Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Other plans in New York. Compare plans
- Cornell University's sponsor-wide assets have grown 28.2% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Educational Services plans