401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

2u, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan

Data updated 2026-05-15

$195M
Total assets
2,364
Participants
94th
Percentile by assets
$82,563
Avg per participant

Sponsored by 2u, Inc. · Maryland · Educational Services

What the 2024 filing shows

2u, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan holds $195M for 2,364 participants - about $82,563 per participant, in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, up 9.3% over the 2024 plan year.

$195M
total plan assets (2024 EOY)
2,364
covered participants
94th
percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
$82,563
avg assets per participant
State
Industry
Educational Services

401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

What the Filing Says About 2u, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan

2u, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan is a 401(k) retirement plan sponsored by 2u, Inc., headquartered in Maryland. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2024 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $195M in total end-of-year assets and covers 2,364 participants across the Educational Services industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 262335939, and the plan has been effective since 2009-01-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets grew at a solid clip from $179M at the beginning of 2024 to $195M at year-end - up 9.3%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $195M, with reported net income of $17M 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 2u, Inc. has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $133M to $195M, a gain of 46.4%, while reported participants moved from 4,797 to 2,364 (-50.7%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $195M; the softest was 2022 at $133M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $133M in assets across 1 plan covering 4,797 participants; 2023 - $179M in assets across 1 plan covering 5,251 participants; 2024 - $195M in assets across 1 plan covering 2,364 participants.

By assets, 2u, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan outranks 94% of the 116,472 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2024 plan year, and holds roughly 2.0x 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 2u, Inc. 401(k) 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)$179M
Total Assets (End of Year)$195M
Net Assets (End of Year)$195M
Net Income$17M
Plan Type401(k)
Employer EIN262335939
Plan Effective Date2009-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (2u, Inc.)

Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 4,797 $133M
2023 1 5,251 $179M
2024 1 2,364 $195M

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the 2u, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan?
As of the 2024 Form 5500 filing, 2u, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan holds $195M in total assets with 2,364 participants. It is sponsored by 2u, Inc..
What type of plan is 2u, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan?
2u, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan is a 401(k) plan. It has been effective since 2009-01-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 262335939.
Who sponsors the 2u, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan?
2u, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan is sponsored by 2u, Inc., located in Maryland. The sponsor's EIN is 262335939 and the plan operates in the Educational Services industry.
How did 2u, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan perform in 2024?
2u, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan grew at a solid clip - up 9.3% during 2024, moving from $179M to $195M in total assets. Net income was $17M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on 2u, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan's numbers.

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 262335939.

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 2026-05-15.