401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Laureate Education, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$171M
Total assets
56
Participants
94th
Percentile by assets
$3.1M
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: Laureate Education, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by Laureate Education, Inc. · Florida · Educational Services

$171M in assets, 56 participants

Laureate Education, Inc.'s Laureate Education, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan reported $171M in total assets and 56 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 94th 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.

  • 94th percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)

What the 2024 filing shows

Laureate Education, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan holds $171M for 56 participants - about $3.1M per participant, in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, down 1.5% over the 2024 plan year.

$171M
total plan assets (2024 EOY)
56
covered participants
94th
percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
$3.1M
avg assets per participant

The plan reported a net loss of $3M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

State
Industry
Educational Services

401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

What the Filing Says About Laureate Education, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan

Laureate Education, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan is a 401(k) retirement plan sponsored by Laureate Education, Inc., headquartered in Florida. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2024 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $171M in total end-of-year assets and covers 56 participants across the Educational Services industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 521492296, and the plan has been effective since 1991-01-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets edged down modestly from $174M at the beginning of 2024 to $171M at year-end - down 1.5%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $171M, with reported net income of -$3M driven by investment returns, contributions received, and benefit payments during the period. These figures reflect what the plan administrator certified on Schedule H or Schedule I of the Form 5500 annual return and can be compared against 2 prior plan-year filings from the same sponsor shown below.

Across the 3 plan years Laureate Education, Inc. has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $173M to $171M, a decline of 1.0%, while reported participants moved from 73 to 56 (-23.3%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2023 at $174M; the softest was 2024 at $171M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $173M in assets across 1 plan covering 73 participants; 2023 - $174M in assets across 1 plan covering 84 participants; 2024 - $171M in assets across 1 plan covering 56 participants.

By assets, Laureate Education, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan outranks 94% of the 116,472 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2024 plan year, and holds roughly 1.7x the national average plan size of $100M and 730 average participants.

Asset totals and participant counts reflect a single plan year snapshot and can change materially with market conditions, plan mergers, or workforce changes. Fields such as "net income" include both realized investment performance and contribution/distribution flows, a single-year figure does not by itself indicate plan health or participant outcomes. This page summarizes public DOL disclosures for research and educational purposes only and is not retirement, tax, legal, or financial advice. Before making decisions about your own retirement benefits or evaluating an employer's plan, verify the underlying filing directly via the DOL EFAST2 system and consult a qualified professional.

How the percentile is calculated: we count every plan that filed a 2024 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (116,472 plans), rank Laureate Education, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan against all of them by total assets, and report the share of those plans it outranks. A plan reporting no asset figure for the year is excluded from the ranking rather than assumed to be zero.

Financial Summary (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$174M
Total Assets (End of Year)$171M
Net Assets (End of Year)$171M
Net Income-$3M
Plan Type401(k)
Employer EIN521492296
Plan Effective Date1991-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Laureate Education, Inc.)

$170M$171M$172M$173M$174M 202220232024 $173M $171M ▼ -1.0%
Total plan assets by year, all Laureate Education, Inc. 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 73 $173M
2023 1 84 $174M
2024 1 56 $171M

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Laureate Education, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan?
As of the 2024 Form 5500 filing, Laureate Education, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan holds $171M in total assets with 56 participants. It is sponsored by Laureate Education, Inc..
What type of plan is Laureate Education, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan?
Laureate Education, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan is a 401(k) plan. It has been effective since 1991-01-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 521492296.
Who sponsors the Laureate Education, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan?
Laureate Education, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan is sponsored by Laureate Education, Inc., located in Florida. The sponsor's EIN is 521492296 and the plan operates in the Educational Services industry.
How did Laureate Education, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan perform in 2024?
Laureate Education, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan edged down modestly - down 1.5% during 2024, moving from $174M to $171M in total assets. Net income was -$3M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Laureate Education, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan's numbers.

  • By total assets, Laureate Education, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan ranks in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
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  • Laureate Education, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets have declined 1.0% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Educational Services plans
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 521492296.

Reference: IRS Publication 560, Retirement Plans for Small Business, contribution-limit rules.

Reference: IRS Publication 590-B, Distributions from IRAs, RMD rules under SECURE Act 2.0.

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

Every figure on PlainRetire is rendered directly from the Department of Labor's Form 5500 annual return filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-07-24.