Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Cornell University Retirement Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $2.0B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 5,272
- Participants Above avg headcount
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $378,627
- Avg per participant High balance/head
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.
- #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.
- #3,697
- in Educational Services (3,735 peers)
- +16.8%
- assets growth YoY
- 20×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Weill Cornell Medical College Retirement Plan for Faculty and Exempt Employees's outsized position by total assets
Weill Cornell Medical College Retirement Plan for Faculty and Exempt Employees vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$1,996,121,719 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
Weill Cornell Medical College Retirement Plan for Faculty and Exempt Employees'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. Weill Cornell Medical College Retirement Plan for Faculty and Exempt Employees lands in the large band (5,272 participants).
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.
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 150532082 · Cornell University PY 2023 · Other
Weill Cornell Medical College Retirement Plan for Faculty and Exempt Employees · $2.0B · 5,272 · 99th
- RANK $2.0B
- RANK 5,272
- RANK 99th
- RANK Other
- RANK near Yale-New Haven Hospital and Tax Exempt Affiliates Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan
- RANK ind #3697
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 →
Weill Cornell Medical College Retirement Plan for Faculty and Exempt Employees in the asset neighbourhood
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)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Cornell University plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $9.5B 28.23795140741239% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| 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.
- 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)
Weill Cornell Medical College Retirement Plan for Faculty and Exempt Employees's out-of-state Other peers by assets and headcount
Outside New York, the nearest Other by assets is Yale-New Haven Hospital and Tax Exempt Affiliates Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan in CT ($2.0B); by covered participants it is Bjc 403(b) Plan in MO (5,284 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.0B here).
- 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
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (5,272 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Bjc 403(b) Plan (MO) 5,284 · 12 off
- Tidalhealth 403(b) Plan (MD) 5,287 · 15 off
- Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan (FL) 5,230 · 42 off
- University Health System, Inc. 403(b) Plan (TN) 5,227 · 45 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.