Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Teachers College Columbia University Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$56M
Total assets Below avg plan size
177
Participants Small participant base
87th
Percentile by assets National rank
$314,815
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees · Sponsored by Teachers College Columbia University · New York · Educational Services

$56M in assets, 177 participants

Teachers College Columbia University's Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees reported $56M in total assets and 177 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 87th 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.

  • #2,840 in Educational Services (3,735 peers)

Coverage in New York

Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees covers 177 participants in New York, about 22% of the average New York filer (state average ~798 per filing). Assets: $56M.

#2,840
in Educational Services (3,735 peers)
+1.2%
assets growth YoY
0.6×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees's outsized position by total assets

Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees vs every filed plan by assets

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

$55,722,254 Top 13% higher than 87% 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

Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees 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. Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees sits mid-pack in the medium band (177 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees reported net income rose from -$533K in the plan year 2022 filing to $735K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees reported participants rose from 172 in the plan year 2022 filing to 177 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees end-of-year assets rose from $55M in the plan year 2022 filing to $56M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 131624202 · Teachers College Columbia University PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees · $56M · 177 · 87th

  • EOY $56M
  • 5500 177
  • ASSETS 87th
  • PCT Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • EIN near Northwestern Energy Sd/Ne Pension Plan
  • RANK ind #2840

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 →

Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees in the asset neighbourhood

San Diego County Theatrical Pension PlanSan Diego County Theatrical …$56MRetirement Plan for Non-Academic EmployeesRetirement Plan for Non-Acad…$56MNorthwestern Energy Sd/Ne Pension PlanNorthwestern Energy Sd/Ne Pe…$56MPension Plan for Hourly Employees of Alstom Power IncPension Plan for Hourly Empl…$56MThe Spirax Sarco, Inc. Pension PlanThe Spirax Sarco, Inc. Pensi…$56M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

New York filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$55M
Net Assets (End of Year)$55M
Net Income$735K
Employer EIN131624202
Plan Effective Date1966-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Teachers College Columbia University)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Teachers College Columbia University plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$623M 20.432816609088835% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$500M$550M$600M$650M 202220232024 $517M $623M ▲ +20.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 1,179 $517M
2023 2 2,502 $574M
2024 2 2,449 $623M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New York

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

Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -100102030 Total assets ($B) Participants Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees, Total assets ($B): 0.055722254 · Participants: 177Retirement Plan for Non-Academic EmployeesIBM 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
Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants
Compare Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees side-by-side with 3 peers →

Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside New York, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Northwestern Energy Sd/Ne Pension Plan in MT ($56M); by covered participants it is Wallpaper Imports Inc. Cash Balance Plan in NJ (177 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (177 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 Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees assets move in 2023? ▼
Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees edged up modestly - up 1.2% during 2023, from $55M to $56M. Reported net income was $735K.
How have Teachers College Columbia University plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Teachers College Columbia University's sponsor-wide assets grew 20.4%, from $517M to $623M.
Where does Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees ranks in the 87th 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 Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Northwestern Energy Sd/Ne Pension Plan in MT ($56M, 131 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Wallpaper Imports Inc. Cash Balance Plan in NJ (177 participants, $4M 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 131624202.

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.