Cengage Learning 401(k) match, vesting and fees

Plan year 2024 filingThe Cengage Learning, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan · Plan 001 · EIN 59-2124491Updated Oct 2026

What Cengage Learning's 401(k) plan says about matching contributions

The match terms have not been published from this plan's filing yet.
The plan year 2024 filing reports $11M in employer contributions, about $2,203 per participant. That total includes any match and profit-sharing; it is not a match formula. Plan year 2024 Form 5500 ↗
$132,417
Average account balance
5,086
Participants (end of year)
$660M
Plan assets (end of year)
0.07%
Admin expenses ÷ assets

Plan features

Match, vesting and enrollment details have not been published from this plan's audit report yet. The figures below come from the structured filing.

RecordkeeperFidelity Investments InstitutionalSchedule C ↗
Independent auditorCohnreznick LLP (unmodified opinion, limited scope)Schedule H ↗
Plan type and status401(k) · ActiveForm 5500 ↗

How the plan compares

Plan year 2024 medians for 235 defined-contribution plans in information with 1,000 to 4,999 participants.

Cengage Learning: employer contribution per participant$2,203
Peer median$2,212
Cengage Learning: average balance$132,417
Peer median$99,173
Cengage Learning: admin expenses ÷ assets0.07%
Peer median0.09%

Admin expenses are the plan's reported administrative expenses divided by its assets; they do not include fund expense ratios.

Plan history

Plan assets went from $617M at the end of plan year 2021 to $660M at the end of plan year 2024.

$617M2021$505M2022$596M2023$660M2024
End-of-year figures from each plan year's Form 5500 filing for the Cengage Learning plan.
Plan yearParticipantsAssetsEmployer contributionsPer participantAdmin expense ratioMatch formulaFiling
20245,086$660M$11M$2,2030.07%Not publishedForm 5500 ↗
20235,438$596M$11.7M$2,2210.07%Not publishedForm 5500 ↗
20225,663$505M$10.5M$1,9290.09%Not publishedForm 5500 ↗
20215,334$617M$9.5M$1,8640.08%Not publishedForm 5500 ↗

Other Cengage Learning plans (1)

Each plan files its own Form 5500. Figures are from each plan's latest filing.

The Cengage Learning, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan for Puerto Rico Employees

Plan 002 · EIN 59-2124491 · plan year 2024 filing
$82,722
Average account balance
10
Participants (end of year)
$745K
Plan assets (end of year)
0.02%
Admin expenses ÷ assets

Plan features

Match, vesting and enrollment details have not been published from this plan's audit report yet. The figures below come from the structured filing.

Plan type and status401(k) · ActiveForm 5500 ↗

Common questions

Does Cengage Learning match 401(k) contributions?

The match terms for the The Cengage Learning, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan have not been published from its filing yet. The plan year 2024 filing reports $11M in employer contributions, about $2,203 per participant. That total includes any match and profit-sharing; it is not a match formula.

When is the Cengage Learning 401(k) match vested?

The vesting schedule for the The Cengage Learning, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan is not in the data published so far. Your Summary Plan Description states it.

Who manages the Cengage Learning 401(k)?

The recordkeeper listed on Schedule C of the plan year 2024 filing is Fidelity Investments Institutional. The plan administrator is Cengage Learning, Inc..

I left Cengage Learning. How do I find my old 401(k)?

Your account stays in the plan until you move it. Contact the plan administrator (Cengage Learning, Inc., (859) 525-2230) or the recordkeeper, Fidelity Investments Institutional. The Cengage Learning old 401(k) page lists the contacts from every plan filing. Find an old Cengage Learning 401(k)

Data from the public Form 5500 annual reports Cengage Learning filed with the U.S. Department of Labor (plan years 2021 and 2022 and 2023 and 2024) and, where noted, the attached independent auditor's report. Plan terms may have changed since the filing; check your current Summary Plan Description. PlanFacts is not affiliated with Cengage Learning. Not financial advice. Report a correction · Methodology