Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Syracuse University Retirement Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $878M
- Total assets Above avg plan size
- 7,452
- Participants Very large workforce
- 98th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $117,780
- Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Syracuse University Voluntary Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Syracuse University · New York · Educational Services
$878M in assets, 7,452 participants
Syracuse University's Syracuse University Voluntary Retirement Plan reported $878M in total assets and 7,452 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.
- #3,549 in Educational Services (3,638 peers)
Coverage in New York
Syracuse University Voluntary Retirement Plan covers 7,452 participants in New York, 9.3x the typical New York plan (state average ~798 per filing). Assets: $878M.
- #3,549
- in Educational Services (3,638 peers)
- +8.8%
- assets growth YoY
- 8.8×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Syracuse University Voluntary Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets
Syracuse University Voluntary Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$877,699,639 Top 2% higher than 98% 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
Syracuse University Voluntary 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. Syracuse University Voluntary Retirement Plan lands in the large band (7,452 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Syracuse University Voluntary Retirement Plan reported net income fell from $81M in the plan year 2023 filing to $71M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Syracuse University Voluntary Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $807M in the plan year 2023 filing to $878M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Syracuse University Voluntary Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 7,508 in the plan year 2023 filing to 7,452 in the plan year 2024 filing.
Plan-year Form 5500 strip
Filing strip 150532081 · Syracuse University PY 2024 · Other
Syracuse University Voluntary Retirement Plan · $878M · 7,452 · 98th
- NET $878M
- BOOK 7,452
- VS-ST 98th
- BOY Other
- SCH near Institute for Defense Analyses Tax Deferred Annuity Plan
- EBSA ind #3549
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 New York →
Syracuse University Voluntary Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood
New York filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $807M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $878M |
| Net Income | $71M |
| Employer EIN | 150532081 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1976-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Syracuse University)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Syracuse University plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $2.6B 18.001042628725898% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 12,451 | $2.2B |
| 2023 | 2 | 12,475 | $2.4B |
| 2024 | 2 | 12,631 | $2.6B |
Nearby Other Plans in New York
Peer Other plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Northwell Health 403(b) Plan $10.9B · 44,511
- The Mount Sinai Medical Center 403(b) Retirement Plan $9.5B · 46,826
- University of Rochester Retirement Program $8.0B · 30,335
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Retirement Savings Plan $6.4B · 22,606
- Retirement Plan for Officers of Columbia University $5.6B · 14,399
Scale composition for Syracuse University Voluntary Retirement Plan
Syracuse University Voluntary Retirement Plan reports $878M in end-of-year assets across 7,452 participants (0.007% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.008% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $117,780 per participant (85% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $71M.
This plan identity (EIN 150532081, plan #003) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $726M to $878M (+20.9%) while covered participants moved from 7,437 to 7,452 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7,437 | $726M | Open filing |
| 2023 | 7,508 | $807M | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 7,452 | $878M | This page |
The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:
- Syracuse University Noncontributory Retirement Plan (Other, $1.7B, 5,179 participants)
Syracuse University Voluntary Retirement Plan's out-of-state Other peers by assets and headcount
Outside New York, the nearest Other by assets is Institute for Defense Analyses Tax Deferred Annuity Plan in VA ($875M); by covered participants it is Willis-Knighton Health System 403(b) Plan in LA (7,454 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($878M here).
- Institute for Defense Analyses Tax Deferred Annuity Plan (VA) $875M · 1,541
- Yale University Tax-Deferred 403(b) Savings Plan (CT) $874M · 20,269
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Tax Deferred Annuity Plan (MA) $870M · 7,579
- Centracare Health System 403(b) Plan (MN) $867M · 8,227
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (7,452 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Willis-Knighton Health System 403(b) Plan (LA) 7,454 · 2 off
- Albert Einstein Healthcare Network Retirement Savings Plan (PA) 7,438 · 14 off
- Ironworkers District Council of the Pacific Nw Field Ironworkers Annuity Trust Fund (WA) 7,427 · 25 off
- Hawai'i Pacific Health 403(b) Savings Plan (HI) 7,386 · 66 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.