Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Vassar College Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$53M
Total assets Below avg plan size
233
Participants Below avg headcount
86th
Percentile by assets National rank
$227,241
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Vassar College Defined Benefit Pension Plan · Sponsored by Vassar College · New York · Educational Services

$53M in assets, 233 participants

Vassar College's Vassar College Defined Benefit Pension Plan reported $53M in total assets and 233 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 86th 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.

  • #2,810 in Educational Services (3,735 peers)

Coverage in New York

Vassar College Defined Benefit Pension Plan covers 233 participants in New York, about 29% of the average New York filer (state average ~798 per filing). Assets: $53M.

#2,810
in Educational Services (3,735 peers)
+9.5%
assets growth YoY
0.5×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Vassar College Defined Benefit Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Vassar College Defined Benefit Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$52,947,056 Top 14% higher than 86% of 127,068 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023

Vassar College Defined Benefit Pension Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Vassar College Defined Benefit Pension Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (233 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Vassar College Defined Benefit Pension Plan reported net income fell from $7M in the plan year 2022 filing to $5M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Vassar College Defined Benefit Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $48M in the plan year 2022 filing to $53M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Vassar College Defined Benefit Pension Plan reported participants fell from 237 in the plan year 2022 filing to 233 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 141338587 · Vassar College PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Vassar College Defined Benefit Pension Plan · $53M · 233 · 86th

  • SCH $53M
  • EBSA 233
  • PART 86th
  • TYPE Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • NET near State Volunteer Mutual Insurance Company Retirement Plan
  • BOOK ind #2810

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 →

Vassar College Defined Benefit Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Vassar College Defined Benefit Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

New York filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$48M
Net Assets (End of Year)$53M
Net Income$5M
Employer EIN141338587
Plan Effective Date1946-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Vassar College)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Vassar College plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$609M 18.988768760059347% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$500M$550M$600M$650M 202220232024 $512M $609M ▲ +19.0%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 1,876 $512M
2023 2 2,614 $564M
2024 2 1,885 $609M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New York

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Vassar College Defined Benefit Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -100102030 Total assets ($B) Participants Vassar College Defined Benefit Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.052947056 · Participants: 233Vassar College Defined Benefit Pension PlanIBM Personal Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 24.955758896 · Participants: 14881IBM Personal Pension PlanConsolidated Edison Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 16.184377155 · Participants: 10779Consolidated Edison Retirement Plan1199seiu Health Care Employees Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 16.16620463 · Participants: 1075821199seiu Health Care Employees Pension FundPfizer Consolidated Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.955262618 · Participants: 9616Pfizer Consolidated Pension PlanPepsico Employees Retirement Plan I, Total assets ($B): 7.599669 · Participants: 12289Pepsico Employees Retirement Plan I
Vassar College Defined Benefit Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants
Compare Vassar College Defined Benefit Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Vassar College Defined Benefit Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside New York, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is State Volunteer Mutual Insurance Company Retirement Plan in TN ($53M); by covered participants it is Employees' Retirement Plan of Bank of Hawaii in HI (233 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (233 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Vassar College Defined Benefit Pension Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Vassar College Defined Benefit Pension Plan grew at a solid clip - up 9.5% during 2023, from $48M to $53M. Reported net income was $5M.
How have Vassar College plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Vassar College's sponsor-wide assets grew 19.0%, from $512M to $609M.
Where does Vassar College Defined Benefit Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Vassar College Defined Benefit Pension Plan ranks in the 86th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Vassar College Defined Benefit Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is State Volunteer Mutual Insurance Company Retirement Plan in TN ($53M, 109 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Vassar College Defined Benefit Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Employees' Retirement Plan of Bank of Hawaii in HI (233 participants, $78M in assets).

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 141338587.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.