Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Vassar College Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$59M
Total assets Below avg plan size
249
Participants Below avg headcount
86th
Percentile by assets National rank
$234,989
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Vassar College Defined Benefit Pension Plan · Sponsored by Vassar College · New York · Educational Services

$59M in assets, 249 participants

Vassar College's Vassar College Defined Benefit Pension Plan reported $59M in total assets and 249 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.

  • #2,718 in Educational Services (3,638 peers)

Coverage in New York

Vassar College Defined Benefit Pension Plan covers 249 participants in New York, about 31% of the average New York filer (state average ~798 per filing). Assets: $59M.

#2,718
in Educational Services (3,638 peers)
+10.5%
assets growth YoY
0.6×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Vassar College Defined Benefit Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Vassar College Defined Benefit Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$58,512,290 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

Vassar College Defined Benefit Pension Plan 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. Vassar College Defined Benefit Pension Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (249 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Vassar College Defined Benefit Pension Plan reported net income rose from $5M in the plan year 2023 filing to $6M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Vassar College Defined Benefit Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $53M in the plan year 2023 filing to $59M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Vassar College Defined Benefit Pension Plan reported participants rose from 233 in the plan year 2023 filing to 249 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 141338587 · Vassar College PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Vassar College Defined Benefit Pension Plan · $59M · 249 · 86th

  • TYPE $59M
  • TYPE 249
  • TYPE 86th
  • TYPE Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • TYPE near Elementis Global Career Reward Plan
  • TYPE ind #2718

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 →

Vassar College Defined Benefit Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Vassar College Defined Benefit Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

New York filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$53M
Net Assets (End of Year)$59M
Net Income$6M
Employer EIN141338587
Plan Effective Date1946-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Vassar College)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Vassar College plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$609M 18.988768760059347% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$500M$550M$600M$650M 202220232024 $512M $609M ▲ +19.0%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 1,876 $512M
2023 2 2,614 $564M
2024 2 1,885 $609M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New York

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

Vassar College Defined Benefit Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -505101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Vassar College Defined Benefit Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.05851229 · Participants: 249Vassar College Defined Benefit Pension PlanIBM 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
Vassar College Defined Benefit Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants
Compare Vassar College Defined Benefit Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Vassar College Defined Benefit Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside New York, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Elementis Global Career Reward Plan in NJ ($59M); by covered participants it is Unify Financial Credit Union Pension Plan in TX (249 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (249 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 Vassar College Defined Benefit Pension Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Vassar College Defined Benefit Pension Plan grew at a solid clip - up 10.5% during 2024, from $53M to $59M. Reported net income was $6M.
How have Vassar College plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Vassar College's sponsor-wide assets grew 19.0%, from $512M to $609M.
Where does Vassar College Defined Benefit Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Vassar College Defined Benefit Pension Plan 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 Vassar College Defined Benefit Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Elementis Global Career Reward Plan in NJ ($59M, 9 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Vassar College Defined Benefit Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Unify Financial Credit Union Pension Plan in TX (249 participants, $92M 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 141338587.

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.