Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Columbia College Chicago Retirement Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $214M
- Total assets Near avg plan size
- 2,008
- Participants Near avg headcount
- 95th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $106,575
- Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Columbia College Chicago Employees' Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Columbia College Chicago · Illinois · Educational Services
$214M in assets, 2,008 participants
Columbia College Chicago's Columbia College Chicago Employees' Retirement Plan reported $214M in total assets and 2,008 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 95th 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.
- #3,426 in Educational Services (3,735 peers)
Coverage in Illinois
Columbia College Chicago Employees' Retirement Plan covers 2,008 participants in Illinois, 2.6x the typical Illinois plan (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $214M.
- #3,426
- in Educational Services (3,735 peers)
- +15.2%
- assets growth YoY
- 2.1×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Columbia College Chicago Employees' Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets
Columbia College Chicago Employees' Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$214,002,728 Top 5% higher than 95% 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
Columbia College Chicago Employees' Retirement 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. Columbia College Chicago Employees' Retirement Plan lands in the large band (2,008 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Columbia College Chicago Employees' Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$27M in the plan year 2022 filing to $28M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Columbia College Chicago Employees' Retirement Plan reported participants rose from 1,104 in the plan year 2022 filing to 2,008 in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Columbia College Chicago Employees' Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $186M in the plan year 2022 filing to $214M in the plan year 2023 filing.
Plan-year Form 5500 strip
Filing strip 366112087 · Columbia College Chicago PY 2023 · Other
Columbia College Chicago Employees' Retirement Plan · $214M · 2,008 · 95th
- TYPE $214M
- TYPE 2,008
- TYPE 95th
- TYPE Other
- TYPE near Open Society Institute Retirement Plan
- TYPE ind #3426
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 Illinois →
Columbia College Chicago Employees' Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Illinois filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $186M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $214M |
| Net Income | $28M |
| Employer EIN | 366112087 |
| Plan Effective Date | 2003-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Columbia College Chicago)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Columbia College Chicago plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $257M 20.067434053447304% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 1,216 | $214M |
| 2023 | 2 | 2,113 | $241M |
| 2024 | 2 | 2,050 | $257M |
Nearby Other Plans in Illinois
Peer Other plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Northwestern University Retirement Plan $4.0B · 9,440
- The University of Chicago Contributory Retirement Plan $3.5B · 4,796
- Endeavor Health Legacy 403(b) Tax Deferred Annuity Plan for Northshore University Healthsystem Employees $2.0B · 13,705
- The University of Chicago Supplemental Retirement Plan $1.7B · 8,254
- Argonne National Laboratory 403(b) Employee Retirement Plan $1.6B · 3,798
Columbia College Chicago Employees' Retirement Plan's out-of-state Other peers by assets and headcount
Outside Illinois, the nearest Other by assets is Open Society Institute Retirement Plan in NY ($214M); by covered participants it is Uva Physicians Group Voluntary Tax-Deferred Savings Plan in VA (2,005 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($214M here).
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (2,008 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Uva Physicians Group Voluntary Tax-Deferred Savings Plan (VA) 2,005 · 3 off
- Holyoke Medical Center, Inc. 403(b) Retirement Plan (MA) 2,015 · 7 off
- Brookdale Hospital Medical Center 403(b) Plan (NY) 2,001 · 7 off
- 403(b) Retirement Plan of Lawrence General Hospital (MA) 2,001 · 7 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.