Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Drexel University Retirement Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$1.8B
Total assets
11,317
Participants
99th
Percentile by assets
$163,183
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: Drexel University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Drexel University · Pennsylvania · Educational Services

$1.8B in assets, 11,317 participants

Drexel University's Drexel University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan reported $1.8B in total assets and 11,317 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th 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.

  • 99th percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)

What the 2024 filing shows

Drexel University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan holds $1.8B for 11,317 participants - about $163,183 per participant, among the largest 1% of all filed plans, up 10.6% over the 2024 plan year.

$1.8B
total plan assets (2024 EOY)
11,317
covered participants
99th
percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
$163,183
avg assets per participant
State
Industry
Educational Services

Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

What the Filing Says About Drexel University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan

Drexel University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan is an Other retirement plan sponsored by Drexel University, headquartered in Pennsylvania. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2024 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $1.8B in total end-of-year assets and covers 11,317 participants across the Educational Services industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 231352630, and the plan has been effective since 1972-04-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets grew at a solid clip from $1.7B at the beginning of 2024 to $1.8B at year-end - up 10.6%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $1.8B, with reported net income of $176M 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 Drexel University has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $1.4B to $1.8B, a gain of 27.5%, while reported participants moved from 4,157 to 11,317 (+172.2%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $1.8B; the softest was 2022 at $1.4B. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $1.4B in assets across 1 plan covering 4,157 participants; 2023 - $1.7B in assets across 1 plan covering 9,774 participants; 2024 - $1.8B in assets across 1 plan covering 11,317 participants.

By assets, Drexel University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan outranks 99% of the 116,472 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2024 plan year, and holds roughly 18x 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 Drexel University Defined Contribution Retirement 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)$1.7B
Total Assets (End of Year)$1.8B
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.8B
Net Income$176M
Plan TypeOther
Employer EIN231352630
Plan Effective Date1972-04-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Drexel University)

$1.4B$1.6B$1.8B$2B 202220232024 $1.45B $1.85B ▲ +27.6%
Total plan assets by year, all Drexel University 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 4,157 $1.4B
2023 1 9,774 $1.7B
2024 1 11,317 $1.8B

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Drexel University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan?
As of the 2024 Form 5500 filing, Drexel University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan holds $1.8B in total assets with 11,317 participants. It is sponsored by Drexel University.
What type of plan is Drexel University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan?
Drexel University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan is an Other plan. It has been effective since 1972-04-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 231352630.
Who sponsors the Drexel University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan?
Drexel University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan is sponsored by Drexel University, located in Pennsylvania. The sponsor's EIN is 231352630 and the plan operates in the Educational Services industry.
How did Drexel University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan perform in 2024?
Drexel University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan grew at a solid clip - up 10.6% during 2024, moving from $1.7B to $1.8B in total assets. Net income was $176M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Drexel University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan's numbers.

  • By total assets, Drexel University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan ranks among the largest 1% of all filed plans. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Other plans in Pennsylvania. Compare plans
  • Drexel University's sponsor-wide assets have grown 27.5% 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 231352630.

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.