Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Creighton University Retirement Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$684M
Total assets
3,534
Participants
98th
Percentile by assets
$193,543
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: Retirement Plan of Creighton University · Sponsored by Creighton University · Nebraska · Educational Services

$684M in assets, 3,534 participants

Creighton University's Retirement Plan of Creighton University reported $684M in total assets and 3,534 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 98th 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.

  • 98th percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)

What the 2024 filing shows

Retirement Plan of Creighton University holds $684M for 3,534 participants - about $193,543 per participant, in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, up 8.0% over the 2024 plan year.

$684M
total plan assets (2024 EOY)
3,534
covered participants
98th
percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
$193,543
avg assets per participant
State
Industry
Educational Services

Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

What the Filing Says About Retirement Plan of Creighton University

Retirement Plan of Creighton University is an Other retirement plan sponsored by Creighton University, headquartered in Nebraska. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2024 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $684M in total end-of-year assets and covers 3,534 participants across the Educational Services industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 470376583, and the plan has been effective since 1962-02-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets grew at a solid clip from $633M at the beginning of 2024 to $684M at year-end - up 8.0%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $684M, with reported net income of $51M 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 Creighton University has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $573M to $684M, a gain of 19.4%, while reported participants moved from 3,380 to 3,534 (+4.6%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $684M; the softest was 2022 at $573M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $573M in assets across 1 plan covering 3,380 participants; 2023 - $633M in assets across 1 plan covering 3,596 participants; 2024 - $684M in assets across 1 plan covering 3,534 participants.

By assets, Retirement Plan of Creighton University outranks 98% of the 116,472 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2024 plan year, and holds roughly 6.8x 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 Retirement Plan of Creighton University 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)$633M
Total Assets (End of Year)$684M
Net Assets (End of Year)$684M
Net Income$51M
Plan TypeOther
Employer EIN470376583
Plan Effective Date1962-02-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Creighton University)

$550M$600M$650M$700M 202220232024 $573M $684M ▲ +19.4%
Total plan assets by year, all Creighton University 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 3,380 $573M
2023 1 3,596 $633M
2024 1 3,534 $684M

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Retirement Plan of Creighton University?
As of the 2024 Form 5500 filing, Retirement Plan of Creighton University holds $684M in total assets with 3,534 participants. It is sponsored by Creighton University.
What type of plan is Retirement Plan of Creighton University?
Retirement Plan of Creighton University is an Other plan. It has been effective since 1962-02-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 470376583.
Who sponsors the Retirement Plan of Creighton University?
Retirement Plan of Creighton University is sponsored by Creighton University, located in Nebraska. The sponsor's EIN is 470376583 and the plan operates in the Educational Services industry.
How did Retirement Plan of Creighton University perform in 2024?
Retirement Plan of Creighton University grew at a solid clip - up 8.0% during 2024, moving from $633M to $684M in total assets. Net income was $51M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Retirement Plan of Creighton University's numbers.

  • By total assets, Retirement Plan of Creighton University ranks in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Other plans in Nebraska. Compare plans
  • Creighton University's sponsor-wide assets have grown 19.4% 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 470376583.

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.