List of social fraternities and sororities
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Social or General Fraternities and Sororities, in the North American fraternity system, are those not associated with a particular profession or discipline; they are formed solely for the purpose of developing friendships.
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[edit] Nicknames
Due to the large number of Greek organizations, and the confusion that derives from the use of combined Greek letters in predominantly English-speaking nations, many organizations may be informally better-known by their nicknames than by their letters. These nicknames usually follow certain patterns:
- An initialism based on the letters, either in Greek form or their Anglicized equivalent. For instance, Alpha Epsilon Pi as "A-E-Pi," Delta Gamma as "D-G," and Delta Zeta as "DeeZee" or Phi Gamma Delta as "FIJI". ("FIJI" is always used by Phi Gamma Delta in place of their letters in all but seven specific places.)
- An invented word based on the letters, such as Pi Kappa Alpha as "Pike", Zeta Beta Tau as "Zebe", Sigma Alpha Mu as "Sammy", Delta Kappa Epsilon as "Deke", or Sigma Nu as "Snu.", or Alpha Pi Lambda as "Apple Pi".
- To shorten the letters themselves, for example Pi Kappa Phi as "Pi Kapp", or Sigma Phi Epsilon as "SigEp".
- To eliminate letters, particularly when a chapter is the only one on a campus to use them: Pi Beta Phi as "Pi Phi", Phi Delta Theta as "Phi Delt", Alpha Delta Phi as "Alpha Delt'", or Kappa Kappa Gamma as just "Kappa" and Beta Theta Pi as "Beta". As five fraternities share the first two letters "Phi Kappa," the middle Kappa is sometimes eliminated, as "Phi Psi" for "Phi Kappa Psi".
- For non-Greek lettered organizations, the use of an abbreviated word or phrase. For example, "Franklin Society" abbreviated as "Franklins."
[edit] Fraternities
[edit] National Organizations
National fraternities have chapters at more than one college or university.
- Acacia[1]
- ABX - Alpha Beta Chi
- ΑΧΡ - Alpha Chi Rho, "Crow"
- ΑΔΓ - Alpha Delta Gamma, "ADG"
- ΑΔΦ - Alpha Delta Phi, "Alpha Delt" or "A.D.'s" or "A D Phi"
- ΑΕΠ - Alpha Epsilon Pi, "AEPi"
- ΑΕΩ - Alpha Epsilon Omega, "AEO"
- AΓΡ - Alpha Gamma Rho, "AGR"
- ΑΓΣ - Alpha Gamma Sigma
- ΑΚΛ - Alpha Kappa Lambda, "AKL"
- AΦA - Alpha Phi Alpha"Alphas"
- AΦΔ - Alpha Phi Delta, "APD"
- ΑΣΦ - Alpha Sigma Phi, "Alpha Sig"
- ΑΤΩ - Alpha Tau Omega, "ATO"
- ΒΧΘ - Beta Chi Theta
- BKΓ - Beta Kappa Gamma, "BKG"
- BΣΨ - Beta Sigma Psi
- ΒΘΠ - Beta Theta Pi, "Beta"
- BYX - Beta Upsilon Chi, "Bucks"
- ΧΦ - Chi Phi
- ΧΨ - Chi Psi, "Lodgers"
- ΔΧ - Delta Chi, "D. Chi"
- ΔΕΨ - Delta Epsilon Psi "DPsi"
- ΔΓI - Delta Gamma Iota - "DGI" or "Delts"
- ΔΚΕ - Delta Kappa Epsilon, "DKE" or "Deke"
- ΔΛΦ - Delta Lambda Phi, "DLP" or "Del Phi"
- ΔΦ - Delta Phi, "D.Phi's"
- ΔΨ - Delta Psi
- ΔΣΦ - Delta Sigma Phi, "Delta Sig"
- ΔΤΔ - Delta Tau Delta, "Delts"
- ΔΥ - Delta Upsilon, "DU" or "Ducks"
- FarmHouse
- ΓΦΕ - Gamma Phi Epsilon, "G Phi E"
- ΓZA - Gamma Zeta Alpha, "RAZA"
- IΝΔ - Iota Nu Delta, "IND"
- IΦΘ - Iota Phi Theta, "Iotas"
- ΚΑ - Kappa Alpha Order, "KA" or "The Order"
- KAΨ - Kappa Alpha Psi, "Kappas or Nupes"
- ΚΑ - Kappa Alpha Society, "KA"
- ΚΔΦ - Kappa Delta Phi
- ΚΔΡ - Kappa Delta Rho, "KDR"
- ΚΣ - Kappa Sigma, "Kappa Sig", "K Sig"
- ΚYX - Kappa Upsilon Chi, "Kappa Chi"
- ΛΧΑ - Lambda Chi Alpha, "Lambda Chi", "Lamb Chops", "Choppers"
- ΛΩΑ - Lambda Omega Alpha
- ΛΣΥ - Lambda Sigma Upsilon, "LSU"
- ΛΘΦ - Lambda Theta Phi, "Lambdas"
- NΣB - Nu Sigma Beta
- NΑK - Nu Alpha Kappa, "Naks" or "Nakos"
- ΩΔΦ - Omega Delta Phi
- ΩΨΦ - Omega Psi Phi, "Ques"
- ΦBΣ - Phi Beta Sigma"The SIGMAS"
- ΦΒΥ - Phi Beta Upsilon
- ΦΔΓ - Phi Delta Gamma
- ΦΔΘ - Phi Delta Theta, "Phi Delt" or "Phis"
- ΦΔΨ - Phi Delta Psi, "P. D. Psi"
- Phi Gamma Delta, "FIJI" or "Phi Gam"- ΦHM - Phi Eta Mu
- ΦΙΑ - Phi Iota Alpha, "Phiotas"
- ΦΚΨ - Phi Kappa Psi, "Phi Psi"
- ΦΚΣ - Phi Kappa Sigma, "Skulls" and "Phi Kaps"
- ΦΚΤ - Phi Kappa Tau, "Phi Tau"
- ΦΚΘ - Phi Kappa Theta, "Phi Kap"
- ΦΛΧ - Phi Lambda Chi
- ΦΜΑ - Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, "Sinfonians" or "FMA's"
- ΦΜΔ - Phi Mu Delta
- ΦΣΑ - Phi Sigma Alpha, "Sigmas"
- ΦΣΚ - Phi Sigma Kappa, "Phi Sig"
- ΦΣΝ - Phi Sigma Nu, "Nu Tribe," "Nu warriors"
- ΦΣΦ - Phi Sigma Phi
- ΠΚΑ - Pi Kappa Alpha, "Pike" or "Pi-K-A"
- ΠΚΦ - Pi Kappa Phi, "Pi Kapp"
- ΠΛΦ - Pi Lambda Phi, "Pi Lam"
- ΨΥ - Psi Upsilon, "Psi U"
- Saint Anthony Hall, formerly Delta Psi
- ΣΑΕ - Sigma Alpha Epsilon, "SAE"
- ΣΑΜ - Sigma Alpha Mu, "Sammy"
- ΣBP - Sigma Beta Rho, "SigRho"
- ΣΧ - Sigma Chi, "Sigs"
- ΣΛΒ - Sigma Lambda Beta "Betas" or "Lambda Betas"
- ΣΝ - Sigma Nu, "SigNu", "SNu", "Snakes"
- ΣΦΔ - Sigma Phi Delta, "SigPhi"
- ΣΦΕ - Sigma Phi Epsilon, "SigEp" or "EOE"
- ΣΦ - Sigma Phi Society
- ΣΠ - Sigma Pi, "Sigma Pi"
- ΣP - Sigma Rho, "SigRho"
- ΣΤΓ - Sigma Tau Gamma, "SigTau"
- ΣΤΩ - Sigma Tau Omega, "Rangers"
- ΤAΩ - Tau Alpha Omega, "TAO or Freeman"
- TΔΦ - Tau Delta Phi
- ΤΕΦ - Tau Epsilon Phi, "Tep"
- ΤΚΕ - Tau Kappa Epsilon, "TKE" or "Teke"
- ΘΧ - Theta Chi
- ΘΔΧ - Theta Delta Chi, "Theta Delt", "TDX" or "TDC"
- ΘΞ - Theta Xi, "The Taxi", "T X"
- Triangle Fraternity (Engineers, Architects, Scientists)
- ΖΒΤ - Zeta Beta Tau, "ZBT" or "Zebe"
- ΖΦΡ - Zeta Phi Rho
- ΖΨ - Zeta Psi, "Zetes" (pronounced Zates)
[edit] Locals
Local fraternities have only one active chapter.
- Aδελφικοσ - Adelphikos - Grove City College
- ΑΧΑ - Alpha Chi Alpha, "Alpha Chi" - Dartmouth College
- ΑΧΕ - Alpha Chi Epsilon - Pace University
- AΔ - Alpha Delta, "AD" - Dartmouth College
- ΑKΩ - Alpha Kai Omega - Walkerville-Windsor Technical School
- AKΣ - Alpha Kappa Sigma - Northeastern University
- AΠΛ - Alpha Pi Lambda, "Apple Pi" - Drexel University
- AΨΧ - Alpha Psi Chi "Psi Chi" - The College of New Jersey
- AΣΔ - Alpha Sigma Delta "ASD" - University of California at Santa Cruz
- AΣΨ - Alpha Sigma Psi - Sacred Heart University
- ΑΞΩ - Alpha Xi Omega, "AXiO" - UC Berkeley
- ΒΕΓΓΑΡΣ - Beggars Fraternity - Loyola University New Orleans
- BΓE - Beta Gamma Epsilon - Northeastern University
- BΦΩ - Beta Phi Omega - Wright State University
- BΩΦ - Beta Omega Phi - University of Southern California
- BΣB - Beta Sigma Beta - Penn State University
- ΒΣΘ - Beta Sigma Theta, "Bet Sigs" - Michigan Technological University
- ΒΤ - Beta Tau - Clarkson University
- BG - Bones Gate, "BG" - Dartmouth College
- ГB - Gamma Beta, "GBs", University of Texas at Austin
- ΧΓΕ - Chi Gamma Epsilon, "Chi Gam" - Dartmouth College
- ΧH - Chi Heorot, "Heorot" - Dartmouth College
- ΧΦΣ - Chi Phi Sigma - Bloomfield College
- ΧΘΩ - Chi Theta Omega - St. John's University
- ΧΘΣ - Chi Theta Sigma, "The Chi's" - Briarcliffe College, Long Island NY
- COMUS - Long Beach Polytechnic High School
- ΔΧΕ - Delta Chi Epsilon - Niagara University
- ΔXΨ - Delta Chi Psi - Temple University
- ΔΠ - Delta Pi - Bloomsburg University
- ΔT - Delta Tau, "D-Tau" - Brown University
- EΔT - Epsilon Delta Tau - University of Dayton
- ΓΒΛ - Gamma Beta Lambda, "Gammahouse" - Vancouver, BC
- ΓΧΨ - Gamma Chi Psi, "G-Psi"
- ΓΔΧ - Gamma Delta Chi, "GDX" - Dartmouth College
- ΓΦ - Gamma Phi - Duquesne University
- ΓΣ - Gamma Sigma - Pacific University
- ΚΓΡ - Kappa Gamma Rho - University of New Haven
- ΚΧΩ - Kappa Chi Omega - High Point University
- ΚΚΚ - Kappa Kappa Kappa, "Tri-Kap" - Dartmouth College
- KMA - Kappa Mu Alpha - University of Maine at Machias
- ΚΘΧ - Kappa Theta Chi - St. Mary's University
- ΛΙ - Lambda Iota
- NΔ - Nu Delta - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- ΩΦΓ - Omega Phi Gamma - University of Texas at Austin
- OΠ - Omicron Pi, "O Pi" (Lowell, MA)(University of Massachusetts at Lowell)
- Pan Sophic Club, "Pans" - Grove City College
- ΠΡZ - Pi Rho Zeta - Alfred State College
- ΦAΔ - Phi Alpha Delta "Phi A D" - The College of New Jersey
- ΦΑΨ - Phi Alpha Psi - Montclair State University
- ΦΒΕ - Phi Beta Epsilon - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- ΦXE - Phi Chi Epsilon - University of Wisconsin - Whitewater
- ΦHK - Phi Eta Kappa - University of Maine
- ΦΔΑ - Phi Delta Alpha, "Phi Delt" - Dartmouth College
- ΦΔΣ - Phi Delta Sigma, "Phi Delt" - Bethel College
- ΦΓΕ - Phi Gamma Epsilon - Hiram College
- ΦΚA - Phi Kappa Alpha, Cosmopolitan Fraternity or "Cosmos" - Hope College
- ΦΚX - Phi Kappa Chi, "Phi Chi" - Baylor University
- ΦΚΝ - Phi Kappa Nu, "Newts" - Cornell College
- ΨΦΔ - Psi Phi Delta - SUNY Potsdam
- ΡΣ - Rho Sigma - Ouachita Baptist University
- Seal and Serpent - Cornell University
- ΣΑΚ - Sigma Alpha Kappa, "SAK" - Loyola University New Orleans
- ΣΛX - Sigma Lambda Chi, Sigma - Keene State College
- ΣΦΛ - Sigma Phi Lambda - La Salle University
- ΣΡΛ - Sigma Rho Lambda - Ursinus College
- ΣΤ - Sigma Tau - Pomona College
- ΣΤΨ - Sigma Tau Psi - SUNY Geneseo
- ΤΓΦ - Tau Gamma Phi - Lingga Chapter
- TΦB - Tau Phi Beta - Montclair State University
- The William Penn Society, "Penns" - Whittier College
- X-Club - X-Club - X or Club (Clubbers) - Rollins College
- ZBΞ - Zeta Beta Xi - SUNY Geneseo
- ΖΦΕ - Zeta Phi Epsilon - Bloomfield College
- ZΔΦ - Zeta Delta Phi - Missouri State University
- ΖΜΓ - Zeta Mu Gamma - "La Zeta"
- ZTA - Zeta Tau Alpha -University of Missouri
[edit] Sororities and Women's Fraternities
[edit] Nationals
National sororities have chapters at more than one college or university.
- ΑΧΩ - Alpha Chi Omega, "A Chi O" or "Alpha Chi"
- ΑΔΠ - Alpha Delta Pi, "A D Pi"
- ΑΕΦ - Alpha Epsilon Phi, "A E Phi"
- ΑΓΔ - Alpha Gamma Delta, "A G D" or "Alpha Gam"
- AKA - Alpha Kappa Alpha, AKAs
- αΚΔΦ-alpha Kappa Delta Phi, "KDPhi"
- ΑΟΠ - Alpha Omicron Pi, "AOPi"
- ΑΦ - Alpha Phi, "A-Phi"
- ΑΦΔ - Alpha Phi Gamma, "APhiG"
- ΑΠΩ - Alpha Pi Omega
- ΑΣΑ - Alpha Sigma Alpha, "A S A" or "Alpha Sig"
- ΑΣΤ - Alpha Sigma Tau
- ΑΞΔ - Alpha Xi Delta, "A Z D" or "Fuzzies"
- ΑΩE - Alpha Omega Epsilon, "A O E" (Engineers)
- ΧΩ - Chi Omega, "Chi O"
- ΔΔΔ - Delta Delta Delta, "Tri-Delt"
- ΔΓ - Delta Gamma - "D G"
- ΔΘT - Delta Theta Tau - "Deltas" or "Delta Theta"
- ΔΦΕ - Delta Phi Epsilon, "D Phi E" or "Deephers"
- ΔΨΕ - Delta Psi Epsilon
- ΔΣΘ - Delta Sigma Theta - Deltas, DST
- ΔΖ - Delta Zeta, "DZ" or "DeeZee" (It is notable that DZ was the first sorority to have international chapters)
- ΓΦΒ - Gamma Phi Beta
- HΓΔ - Eta Gamma Delta, "La Eta"
- ΚΑΘ - Kappa Alpha Theta, "Theta"
- ΚBΓ - Kappa Beta Gamma, "Kappas"
- ΚΔ - Kappa Delta, "KD"
- ΚΚΓ - Kappa Kappa Gamma, "Kappa"
- KΦΓ - Kappa Phi Gamma, "KPhiG"
- ΛΘΑ - Lambda Theta Alpha, "Lambda Ladies"
- ΛΘΝ - Lambda Theta Nu, "Lambdas"
- ΛΠΥ - Lambda Pi Upsilon, "Lambda Divas", "LPiU"
- MAΦ - Mu Alpha Phi, "La Mu"
- ΦΜ - Phi Mu
- ΦΣΡ - Phi Sigma Rho, "Phi Rhos" (Engineers)
- ΦΣΣ - Phi Sigma Sigma, "Phi Sigs", "Phi Siggy Siggy"
- ΠΒΦ - Pi Beta Phi, "Pi Phi"
- ΦΒΧ - Phi Beta Chi
- ΣΑΕΠ - Sigma Alpha Epsilon Pi, "Sigma", "SigmaAEPi"
- ΣΔΤ - Sigma Delta Tau, "S D T"
- ΣΓΡ - Sigma Gamma Rho, SGRHOS
- ΣΛΓ - Sigma Lambda Gamma, "Gammas"
- ΣΚ - Sigma Kappa "Sig Kaps"
- ΣΦΩ - Sigma Phi Omega, "Sigmas"
- ΣΨZ - Sigma Psi Zeta, "Sigmas"
- ΣΣΡ - Sigma Sigma Rho, "SigSigRho"
- ΣΣΣ - Sigma Sigma Sigma, "Tri-Sigma", "Sigma"
- ΣΩΝ - Sigma Omega Nu, "Sunnies, SON, Sigmas"
- TΘΠ - Tau Theta Pi, "Taus"
- ΘΝΞ - Theta Nu Xi Multicultural Sorority, Inc., "Theta Nus", "ONE"
- ΘΦΑ - Theta Phi Alpha
- ZΦB - Zeta Phi Beta, "The ZETAS"
- ZΣΧ - Zeta Sigma Chi, "Z-Chis"
- ΖΤΑ - Zeta Tau Alpha, "Zetas"
[edit] Locals
Local sororities have only one active chapter. (With the possibility of few others in the same area.)
- ΑΧΟ - Alpha Chi Omicron - SUNY Canton of Technology
- ΑΔΣ - Alpha Delta Sigma - University of Alabama
- ΑIX - Alpha Iota Chi, Inc. - Montclair State University
- ΑΛΣ - Alpha Lambda Sigma - Erskine College
- ΑΣ - Alpha Sigma - Alfred State College
- AΨ - Alpha Psi - University of Alberta
- BΛA - Beta Lambda Alpha - Emporia State Univerity
- XΩT - Chi Omega Tau, "Coyote" - Georgia Institute of Technology
- ΔP - Delta Rho, now the Nu Chapter of ΚBΓ - Franklin & Marshall College
- ΔKΔ - Delta Kappa Delta, "DKD" - St. John's University, Staten Island Campus
- ΔKΣ - Delta Kappa Sigma, "DKS" - San Francisco State University
- Δοτ - Delta Omicron Tau. "DOT" - Occidental College
- ΔPΔ - Delta Rho Delta, - Emory & Henry College, Emory , Virginia
- ΓΔΠ - Gamma Delta Pi - University of Oklahoma
- ΓΚΠ - Gamma Kappa Pi, "GKPi" - University of Tennessee at Martin
- ΕΚΘ - Epsilon Kappa Theta, "Theta" or EKT" - Dartmouth College
- ΚΔΕ - Kappa Delta Epsilon, "KDE" - Dartmouth College
- ΚΨΔ - Kappa Psi Delta - New York University
- KOK- Kappa Omicron Kappa - Reed College
- ΚΦΔ - Kappa Phi Delta - Illinois Institute of Technology
- ΚΦE - Kappa Phi Epsilon, "K Phi E" - University at Buffalo
- KTΓ - Kappa Tau Gamma - "KTG" - The Catholic University of America
- ΚΖΨ - Kappa Zeta Psi - Rutgers University
- JSS - Joy Seekers Sorority - Mayaguez
- ΛΦ - Lambda Phi - St. John's University
- ΛΠΘ - Lambda Pi Theta - University of Evansville
- ΩΔΨ - Omega Delta Psi - University of Northern Colorado
- ΩΚΧ - Omega Kappa Chi - Riverside Community College
- ΩΖΧ - Omega Zeta Chi, "OZChi" - University of California, Riverside
- ΦΧΕ - Phi Chi Epsilon - New Jersey City University, "PCE"
- ΦΕ - Phi Epsilon - Hofstra University
- ΦΕA - Phi Epsilon Alpha - St. Cloud State University
- ΦΚΠ - Phi Kappa Pi, "Phi K" - SUNY Potsdam
- ΦPA - Phi Rho Alpha - University of Michigan
- ΠΙХ - Pi Iota Chi - Wichita State University
- ΣΔ - Sigma Delta (ΣΔ), "Sigma Delt" - Dartmouth College
- ΣΔΦ - Sigma Delta Phi, "D'Phi" - Grove City College
- ΣMΔ - Sigma Mu Delta - Carnegie Mellon University
- ΣΨ - Sigma Psi - Case Western Reserve University
- ΣΨ - Sigma Psi
- ΣΩΣ - Sigma Omega Sigma - Carthage College
- TΦ - Tau Phi - Immaculata University
- TΔ - Tau Delta - Otterbein College
- ΘAΛ - Theta Alpha Lambda, "Thalians" - SUNY Plattsburgh
- ΘΧΕ- Theta Chi Epsilon "Theta Chi's" - Michigan Technological University
- ΘKX - Theta Kappa Chi - Montclair State University
- ΘΦB - Theta Phi Beta, "Thetas" or "TPhiB" - New York University
- ΞΔ - Xi Delta - University of Georgia
- Zayn Welfare Sorority, "Zayn" - Long Beach Polytechnic High School
- ΖΣΦ - Zeta Sigma Phi - New York University
- ΖΤΩ - Zeta Tau Omega - Concordia University
- ΖΘΕ - Zeta Theta Epsilon - Tri-State University
[edit] Coeducational fraternities
Coeducational fraternities permit both male and female members.
- ΑΔΕ - Alpha Delta Epsilon - Rutgers University
- ΑΜΩ - Alpha Mu Omega - McMaster University, Redeemer University College, Mohawk College
- ΑΘ - Alpha Theta - Dartmouth College
- AZ - Alpha Zeta - Cornell University
- ΔΔ - Delta Delta - California Polytechnic State University
- ΔEM - Delta Epsilon Mu - Various school around the States
- ΔNΨ - Delta Nu Psi - Keene State College
- ΔΣΧ - Delta Sigma Chi - Various Southern California schools; not to be confused with the Delta Sigma Chi Sorority.
- ΓΣ - Gamma Sigma - Rutgers University
- ΚΓΨ - Kappa Gamma Psi - Ithaca College
- ΚΛΒ - Kappa Lambda Beta - University of Wisconsin-Madison
- ΝΑΦ - Nu Alpha Phi - Pomona College
- ΦΤ - Phi Tau - Dartmouth College
- The Tabard - Dartmouth College
- ΖΔΞ - Zeta Delta Xi - Brown University
Additionally, a very small number of national fraternities do not forbid their chapters from being coeducational, and as such these certain nationals may have a small minority of their chapters being coed, e.g. Psi Upsilon.
