Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Cornell University Retirement Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $2.2B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 5,142
- Participants Above avg headcount
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $433,502
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Weill Cornell Medical College Retirement Plan for Faculty and Exempt Employees · Sponsored by Cornell University · New York · Educational Services
$2.2B in assets, 5,142 participants
Cornell University's Weill Cornell Medical College Retirement Plan for Faculty and Exempt Employees reported $2.2B in total assets and 5,142 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.
- #3,600 in Educational Services (3,638 peers)
Coverage in New York
Weill Cornell Medical College Retirement Plan for Faculty and Exempt Employees covers 5,142 participants in New York, 6.4x the typical New York plan (state average ~798 per filing). Assets: $2.2B.
- #3,600
- in Educational Services (3,638 peers)
- +11.7%
- assets growth YoY
- 22×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Weill Cornell Medical College Retirement Plan for Faculty and Exempt Employees's outsized position by total assets
Weill Cornell Medical College Retirement Plan for Faculty and Exempt Employees vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$2,229,067,829 Top 1% higher than 99% 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
Weill Cornell Medical College Retirement Plan for Faculty and Exempt Employees'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. Weill Cornell Medical College Retirement Plan for Faculty and Exempt Employees lands in the large band (5,142 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Weill Cornell Medical College Retirement Plan for Faculty and Exempt Employees reported net income fell from $286M in the plan year 2023 filing to $233M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Weill Cornell Medical College Retirement Plan for Faculty and Exempt Employees end-of-year assets rose from $2.0B in the plan year 2023 filing to $2.2B in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Weill Cornell Medical College Retirement Plan for Faculty and Exempt Employees reported participants fell from 5,272 in the plan year 2023 filing to 5,142 in the plan year 2024 filing.
EBSA filing schedule strip
Filing strip 150532082 · Cornell University PY 2024 · Other
Weill Cornell Medical College Retirement Plan for Faculty and Exempt Employees · $2.2B · 5,142 · 99th
- VS-ST $2.2B
- VS-ST 5,142
- VS-ST 99th
- VS-ST Other
- VS-ST near Supplemental Retirement Annuity Plan of the University of Pennsylvania
- VS-ST ind #3600
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 →
Weill Cornell Medical College Retirement Plan for Faculty and Exempt Employees in the asset neighbourhood
New York filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $2.0B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $2.2B |
| Net Income | $233M |
| Employer EIN | 150532082 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1976-07-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Cornell University)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Cornell University plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $9.5B 28.23795140741239% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | 40,167 | $7.4B |
| 2023 | 5 | 47,891 | $8.6B |
| 2024 | 5 | 49,890 | $9.5B |
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 Weill Cornell Medical College Retirement Plan for Faculty and Exempt Employees
Weill Cornell Medical College Retirement Plan for Faculty and Exempt Employees reports $2.2B in end-of-year assets across 5,142 participants (0.018% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.005% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $433,502 per participant (3.1x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $233M.
This plan identity (EIN 150532082, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.7B to $2.2B (+30.4%) while covered participants moved from 4,057 to 5,142 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4,057 | $1.7B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 5,272 | $2.0B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 5,142 | $2.2B | This page |
The same sponsor also keeps 4 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Cornell University Retirement Plan for the Employees of the Endowed Colleges at Ithaca (Other, $3.0B, 14,648 participants)
- Cornell University Tax-Deferred Annuity Plan (Other, $2.4B, 12,764 participants)
- Weill Cornell Medical College Tax Deferred Annuity Plan (Other, $1.6B, 12,676 participants)
- Weill Cornell Medical College Non-Exempt and Frozen Retirement Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $219M, 4,660 participants)
Weill Cornell Medical College Retirement Plan for Faculty and Exempt Employees's out-of-state Other peers by assets and headcount
Outside New York, the nearest Other by assets is Supplemental Retirement Annuity Plan of the University of Pennsylvania in PA ($2.3B); by covered participants it is The University of Chicago Contributory Retirement Plan in IL (5,144 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.2B here).
- Supplemental Retirement Annuity Plan of the University of Pennsylvania (PA) $2.3B · 26,892
- Norton Healthcare 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan (KY) $2.3B · 21,863
- Froedtert Health, Inc. 403(b) Plan (WI) $2.2B · 15,736
- Baylor College of Medicine Section 403b (TX) $2.2B · 13,205
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (5,142 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- The University of Chicago Contributory Retirement Plan (IL) 5,144 · 2 off
- John Muir Health 403b Plan (CA) 5,098 · 44 off
- Au Health System, Inc. 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan (GA) 5,098 · 44 off
- Baptist Health Care, Inc. Retirement Savings 403(b) Plan (FL) 5,090 · 52 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.