Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Teachers College Columbia University Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$59M
Total assets Below avg plan size
185
Participants Below avg headcount
86th
Percentile by assets National rank
$316,716
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees · Sponsored by Teachers College Columbia University · New York · Educational Services

$59M in assets, 185 participants

Teachers College Columbia University's Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees reported $59M in total assets and 185 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 86th 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.

  • #2,719 in Educational Services (3,638 peers)

Coverage in New York

Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees covers 185 participants in New York, about 23% of the average New York filer (state average ~798 per filing). Assets: $59M.

#2,719
in Educational Services (3,638 peers)
+5.2%
assets growth YoY
0.6×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees's outsized position by total assets

Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$58,592,496 Top 14% higher than 86% of 123,620 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2024

Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees sits mid-pack in the medium band (185 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees reported net income rose from $735K in the plan year 2023 filing to $3M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees end-of-year assets rose from $56M in the plan year 2023 filing to $59M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees reported participants rose from 177 in the plan year 2023 filing to 185 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 131624202 · Teachers College Columbia University PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees · $59M · 185 · 86th

  • NET $59M
  • BOOK 185
  • VS-ST 86th
  • BOY Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • SCH near West Fraser, Inc. Pension Plan
  • EBSA ind #2719

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 →

Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

New York filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$56M
Net Assets (End of Year)$58M
Net Income$3M
Employer EIN131624202
Plan Effective Date1966-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Teachers College Columbia University)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Teachers College Columbia University plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$623M 20.432816609088835% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$500M$550M$600M$650M 202220232024 $517M $623M ▲ +20.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 1,179 $517M
2023 2 2,502 $574M
2024 2 2,449 $623M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New York

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -505101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees, Total assets ($B): 0.058592496 · Participants: 185Retirement Plan for Non-Academic EmployeesIBM Personal Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 17.919858993 · Participants: 48014IBM Personal Pension Plan1199seiu Health Care Employees Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 16.913316696 · Participants: 1118331199seiu Health Care Employees Pension FundConsolidated Edison Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 15.588456377 · Participants: 10608Consolidated Edison Retirement PlanPfizer Consolidated Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.970337119 · Participants: 8876Pfizer Consolidated Pension PlanGE Energy Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.92290143 · Participants: 5829GE Energy Pension Plan
Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants
Compare Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees side-by-side with 3 peers →

Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside New York, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is West Fraser, Inc. Pension Plan in TN ($59M); by covered participants it is Rsr Hourly Pension - California in TX (185 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($59M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (185 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees assets move in 2024? ▼
Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees grew at a solid clip - up 5.2% during 2024, from $56M to $59M. Reported net income was $3M.
How have Teachers College Columbia University plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Teachers College Columbia University's sponsor-wide assets grew 20.4%, from $517M to $623M.
Where does Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees ranks in the 86th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is West Fraser, Inc. Pension Plan in TN ($59M, 783 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Retirement Plan for Non-Academic Employees? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Rsr Hourly Pension - California in TX (185 participants, N/A in assets).

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 131624202.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.