Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Fairfield University Retirement Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $493M
- Total assets Above avg plan size
- 1,178
- Participants Near avg headcount
- 97th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $418,143
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Fairfield University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Fairfield University · Connecticut · Educational Services
$493M in assets, 1,178 participants
Fairfield University's Fairfield University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan reported $493M in total assets and 1,178 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 97th 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.
- #3,484 in Educational Services (3,638 peers)
Where Fairfield University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan sits by assets
Fairfield University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $493M for 1,178 participants (~$418,143/participant), up 9.1% in 2024.
- #3,484
- in Educational Services (3,638 peers)
- +9.1%
- assets growth YoY
- 4.9×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Fairfield University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets
Fairfield University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$492,572,665 Top 3% higher than 97% of 123,620 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2024
Fairfield University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Fairfield University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan lands in the large band (1,178 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Fairfield University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan reported net income fell from $48M in the plan year 2023 filing to $41M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Fairfield University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $451M in the plan year 2023 filing to $493M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Fairfield University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan reported participants rose from 1,095 in the plan year 2023 filing to 1,178 in the plan year 2024 filing.
Plan-year Form 5500 strip
Filing strip 060646623 · Fairfield University PY 2024 · Other
Fairfield University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan · $493M · 1,178 · 97th
- PHOTO $493M
- PHOTO 1,178
- PHOTO 97th
- PHOTO Other
- PHOTO near Solutionhealth & Elliot Health System 403(b) Savings Plan
- PHOTO ind #3484
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 Connecticut →
Fairfield University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Scale-class filing particulars (2024)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $451M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $493M |
| Net Income | $41M |
| Employer EIN | 060646623 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1957-02-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Fairfield University)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Fairfield University plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $493M 22.16757872495506% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 1,026 | $403M |
| 2023 | 1 | 1,095 | $451M |
| 2024 | 1 | 1,178 | $493M |
Nearby Other Plans in Connecticut
Peer Other plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Yale University Retirement Account Plan $8.3B · 13,197
- Yale-New Haven Hospital and Tax Exempt Affiliates Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan $2.3B · 22,447
- Yale University Tax-Deferred 403(b) Savings Plan $874M · 20,269
- Nuvance Health 403(b) Plan (F/K/a Health Quest Systems, Inc. Tax Deferred Annuity Plan) $746M · 2,323
- Wesleyan University Retirement Plan $688M · 1,714
Fairfield University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan's out-of-state Other peers by assets and headcount
Outside Connecticut, the nearest Other by assets is Solutionhealth & Elliot Health System 403(b) Savings Plan in NH ($494M); by covered participants it is Employee Benefit of Spectrum Health Systems, Inc. in MA (1,177 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($493M here).
- Solutionhealth & Elliot Health System 403(b) Savings Plan (NH) $494M · 4,668
- Duquesne University 403(b) Defined Contribution Retirement Plan (PA) $488M · 2,705
- The University of Chicago Medical Center Supplemental Retirement Annuity Plan (IL) $498M · 11,715
- Electrical Workers Local 369 Retirement Fund (KY) $499M · 3,367
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (1,178 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Employee Benefit of Spectrum Health Systems, Inc. (MA) 1,177 · 1 off
- On Lok Retirement Savings Plan (CA) 1,179 · 1 off
- Firelands Regional Medical Center 403(b) Plan (OH) 1,176 · 2 off
- Sansum Clinic Match Plan (CA) 1,180 · 2 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.