American Public Education 401(k) plan

American Public Education Inc., Charles Town, WV. EIN 01-0724376. Annual reports 2009–2024. Also filed as American Public University System; American Public Education Inc. (Apei).

American Public Education Inc. has one active retirement plan on file, the American Public Education Retirement Plan, with 7,134 participants and $303 million in assets in 2024. Fidelity has been its recordkeeper since 2010. No traditional pension plan appears in American Public Education's filings since 2009.

Active plans: 1
Participants: 7,134
Plan assets: $303 million
401(k) recordkeeper: Fidelity
Plans on file: 1
Industry: Education

The plan

American Public Education Retirement Plan

401(k)Active

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2024 plan year.

Plan number: 001Employer EIN 01-0724376
Participants (2024): 7,134
Net assets (2024): $303 million
Recordkeeper: Fidelity2010–2024
Plan administrator: American Public Education Inc.
111 W. Congress ST.
Charles Town, WV 25414
(304) 885-5251As filed for 2024
In effect since: April 1, 2002

Earlier sponsors: American Public University System (2009–2013); American Public Education Inc. (Apei). (2014–2015).

Earlier plan names: American Public University System Retirement Plan.

Year by year, 2009 to 2024

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2024	7,134	$303 million	Fidelity
2023	6,842	$259 million	Fidelity
2022	6,799	$215 million	Fidelity
2021	3,498	$175 million	Fidelity
2020	3,464	$148 million	Fidelity
2019	3,304	$118 million	Fidelity
2018	3,106	$92.0 million	Fidelity
2017	3,409	$94.8 million	Fidelity
2016	3,506	$73.6 million	Fidelity
2015	3,534	$64.5 million	Fidelity
2014	3,775	$59.6 million	Fidelity
2013	3,565	$47.3 million	Fidelity
2012	2,953	$32.8 million	Fidelity
2011	2,684	$22.5 million	Fidelity
2010	2,174	$17.1 million	Fidelity
2009	1,550	$10.8 million	not listed

If you had money in one of these plans

Call Fidelity (fidelity.com), which runs the American Public Education Retirement Plan. With your Social Security number and the plan name, it can tell you whether you still have a balance and, if not, where it went.
Or call the plan administrator listed on the plan below ((304) 885-5251). That number was filed for 2024; ask for the benefits or retirement plan office.
Still stuck? The Department of Labor's benefits advisers help for free: askebsa.dol.gov or 1-866-444-3272. Never pay anyone to find your own money.

What these numbers are

They come from the Form 5500 annual reports each plan files with the Department of Labor, as the plan filed them. A plan year is usually a calendar year.
Participants counts everyone in the plan at year end: current employees, former employees who still have a balance or a pension coming, and retirees or beneficiaries being paid.
The recordkeeper is the service provider whose Schedule C entry says it keeps the plan's records. Small plans do not file Schedule C, so some plans show none.
We cannot see anyone's account. Only the plan or its recordkeeper can tell you your balance.

Sources: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 datasets and PBGC trusteed plans. How we read them.

The plan

American Public Education Retirement Plan

If you had money in one of these plans

What these numbers are

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