List of social fraternities

Social, collegiate, or 'general fraternities' in the North American fraternity system are those that do not promote a particular profession, as professional fraternities do, or discipline, such as service fraternities. Instead, their primary purposes are often stated as the development of character, literary or leadership ability, or to serve a more simple social purpose.
A fraternity is usually understood to mean a social organization composed only of men, while a sorority is composed of women. However, many women's organizations and co-ed organizations refer to themselves as women's fraternities.
This list of collegiate North American fraternities is not exhaustive. It consists only of social collegiate fraternities; other types of social fraternal organizations can be found under the list of general fraternities. Cultural interest groups can be found under cultural interest fraternities and sororities. Women's organizations are listed in List of social sororities and women's fraternities.
Some organizations in this list have a specific major listed as a traditional emphasis. These organizations are social organizations that cater to students in those majors. Other listed fraternities have a traditional emphasis on a specific religion or ethnic background but are primarily social in function.

Fraternities

Active fraternities are indicated in bold. Inactive fraternities are indicated in italics

Organization	Symbol	Charter date and range	Scope	Affiliation	Type	Crest motto	Status
Acacia	ΑΚΑΚΙΑ	1904	International	NIC	Masonic		Active
Adelphic Alpha Pi	ΑΑΠ	1862	Local	University of Olivet	Traditional	Semper Fidelis	Active
Adelphikos	ΑΔΕΛ	1913	Local	Grove City College	Christian		Active
Alpha Chi	ΑΧ	1872–1884	Local	Yale University	Traditional, Freshmen		Inactive
Alpha Chi Alpha	ΑΧΑ	1919	Local	Dartmouth College	Traditional		Active
Alpha Chi Rho	ΑΧΡ	1895	National	NIC	Traditional		Active
Alpha Delta	ΑΔ	1912	Local	Washburn University	Traditional		Active
Alpha Delta Alpha	ΑΔΑ	–1934	National	Independent	Traditional		Inactive
Alpha Delta Gamma	ΑΔΓ	1924	National	NIC	Jesuit		Active
Alpha Delta Phi	ΑΔΦ	1832	International	NIC	Traditional		Active
Alpha Delta Phi	ΑΔΦ	1836–1935	Local	Yale University	Traditional		Inactive
Alpha Digamma	ΑϜ	1859–1920	Regional	Independent	Traditional		Inactive
Alpha Epsilon Pi	ΑΕΠ	1913	International	FFC	Jewish	ΕΣΠΟΝΔΑ	Active
Alpha Gamma	ΑΓ	–	National	Independent	Traditional		Inactive
Alpha Gamma Omega	ΑΓΩ	1927	National	Independent	Christian	ΑΛΦΑ ΓΑΜΜΑ ΩΜΕΓΑ	Active
Alpha Gamma Upsilon	ΑΓΥ	–	National	Independent	Traditional		Inactive
Alpha Kappa	ΑΚ	1878–1884	Local	Yale University	Traditional, Sophomore		Inactive
Alpha Kappa Lambda	ΑΚΛ	1914	National	NIC	Traditional		Active
Alpha Kappa Phi	ΑΚΦ	1858–1878	National	Independent	Traditional, literary		Inactive
Alpha Kappa Pi	ΑΚΠ	–	National	NIC	Traditional		Inactive
Alpha Lambda Mu	ΑΛΜ	2013	National	Independent	Muslim		Active
Alpha Lambda Tau	ΑΛΤ	–	National	NIC	Traditional		Inactive
Alpha Phi Alpha	ΑΦΑ	1906	International	NIC, NPHC	African-American	Αλφα Φι Αλφα	Active
Alpha Phi Delta	ΑΦΔ	1914	National	NIC	Italian heritage		Active
Alpha Pi Lambda	ΑΠΛ	1935	Local	Drexel University	Traditional		Active
Alpha Psi Rho	ΑΨΡ	2000	National	Independent	Asian–Pacific Islander		Active
Alpha Sigma Phi	ΑΣΦ	1845	International	FFC	Traditional		Active
Alpha Tau Omega	ΑΤΩ	1865	National	NIC, FFC	Traditional	πι εψιλον πι	Active
Achania	ΑΚΦ	1854–c. 2021	Local	University of the Pacific	Traditional		Inactive
Beta Chi Theta	ΒΧΘ	1999	National	NIC, NAPA	South Asian	Βητα Χι Θητα	Active
Beta Epsilon Gamma Gamma Alpha Rho Sigma	ΒΕΓΓΑΡΣ	1923	Local	Loyola University New Orleans	Jesuit	BEGGARS	Active
Beta Kappa	ΒΚ	–	National	NIC	Traditional		Inactive
Beta Phi Omega	ΒΦΩ	1967	Local	Wright State University	Traditional		Active
Beta Sigma Psi	ΒΣΨ	1925	National	NIC	Lutheran		Active
Beta Sigma Rho	ΒΣΡ	–	National	NIC	Traditional		Inactive
Beta Theta Pi	ΒΘΠ	1839	International	NIC	Traditional	και	Active
Beta Upsilon Chi	ΒΥΧ	1985	National	NIC	Christian	Brothers Under Christ	Active
Bones Gate	BG	1901	Local	Dartmouth College	Traditional		Active
Book and Bond	ΦΚΕ	1899–1935	Local	Yale University	Traditional		Inactive
Chi Gamma Epsilon	ΧΓΕ	1905	Local	Dartmouth College	Traditional		Active
Chi Heorot	ΧH	1897	Local	Dartmouth College	Traditional		Active
Chi Phi	ΧΦ	1854	National	NIC	Traditional	Chi Phi	Active
Chi Psi	ΧΨ	1841	National	NIC	Traditional		Active
Delphic Fraternity	ΓΣΤ	1871	National	Independent	Traditional		Active
Delta Alpha Pi	ΔΑΠ	–	National	NIC	Traditional		Inactive
Delta Beta Xi	ΔΒΞ	1864–1875	Local	Yale University	Traditional		Inactive
Delta Chi	ΔΧ	1890	International	NIC	Traditional		Active
Delta Epsilon Psi	ΔΕΨ	1998	National	NAPA	South Asian		Active
Delta Kappa	ΔΚ	1845–1880	Local	Yale University	Traditional, Freshmen		Inactive
Delta Kappa	ΔΚ		Local	Buffalo State College	Traditional		Active
Delta Kappa Epsilon	ΔΚΕ	1844	International	NIC	Traditional		Active
Delta Lambda Phi	ΔΛΦ	1986	International	NIC	Gay, bisexual, transgender	Delta Lambda Phi	Active
Delta Phi	ΔΦ	1827	National	NIC	Traditional		Active
Delta Psi	ΔΨ	1850	Local	University of Vermont	Traditional		Inactive
Delta Psi (St. Anthony Hall)	ΔΨ	1847	National	Independent	Literary		Active	'
Delta Psi Delta	ΔΨΔ	1904	Local	Linfield University	Traditional		Active
Delta Psi Delta	ΔΨΔ	1929	Local	California State University, Chico	Traditional		Active
Delta Rho Upsilon	ΔΡΥ	1929	Local	Carroll University	Traditional		Active
Delta Sigma Chi	ΔΣΧ	1963	Local	University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown	Traditional		Active
Delta Sigma Lambda	ΔΣΛ	–	National	NIC	Traditional		Inactive
Delta Sigma Phi	ΔΣΦ	1899	National	NIC	Traditional	Δελτα Σιγμα Φι	Active
Delta Tau Delta	ΔΤΔ	1858	International	NIC	Traditional	Delta Tau Delta	Active
Delta Upsilon	ΔΥ	1834	International	NIC	Traditional		Active
Eta Phi	ΗΦ	1879–1902	Local	Yale University	Traditional, Sophomore		Inactive
FarmHouse	FH	1905	International	NIC	Traditional	Farmhouse 1905	Active
Gamma Nu	ΓΝ	1855–1889	Local	Yale University	Traditional, Freshmen		Inactive
Gamma Phi Gamma	ΓΦΓ	1907	Local	Wilmington College	Traditional		Active
Gamma Zeta Alpha	ΓΖΑ	1987	National	NALFO	Latino		Active
Hé Boulé		1875–1902	Local	Yale University	Traditional, Sophomore		Inactive
Iota Nu Delta	ΙΝΔ	1994	International	NIC, NAPA	South Asian		Active
Iota Phi Theta	ΙΦΘ	1963	International	NIC, NPHC	African-American		Active
Kappa Alpha Order	ΚΑ	1865	National	FFC	Traditional		Active
Kappa Alpha Psi	ΚΑΨ	1911	International	NIC, NPHC	African-American		Active
Kappa Alpha Society	ΚΑ	1825	International	NIC	Traditional		Active
Kappa Delta Phi	ΚΔΦ	1900	National	NIC	Traditional		Active
Kappa Delta Rho	ΚΔΡ	1905	National	NIC	Traditional		Active
Kappa Nu	ΚΝ	–	National	NIC	Jewish		Inactive
Kappa Phi Lambda	ΚΦΛ	–	National	Independent	Traditional		Inactive
Kappa Pi Kappa	ΚΠΚ	1842	Local	Dartmouth College	Traditional		Active
Kappa Psi	ΚΨ	1875–1902	Local	Yale University	Traditional, Sophomore		Inactive
Kappa Sigma	ΚΣ	1869	International	Independent	Traditional	ΑΕΚΔΒ	Active
Kappa Sigma Alpha	ΚΣΑ	1922	Local	University of Olivet	Traditional		Active
Kappa Sigma Epsilon	ΚΣΕ	1840–1880	Local	Yale University	Traditional, Freshmen		Inactive
Kappa Sigma Theta	ΚΣΘ	1838–1857	Local	Yale University	Traditional, Sophomore		Inactive
Lambda Alpha Upsilon	ΛΑΥ	1985	National	NALFO	Latino		Active
Lambda Chi Alpha	ΛΧΑ	1909	International	Independent	Traditional		Active
Lambda Iota Society	ΛΙ	1836–2018	Local	University of Vermont	Traditional		Inactive
Lambda Phi Delta	ΛΦΔ	c. 1968–c. 1975	Local	State University of New York at Cortland	Traditional		Inactive
Lambda Phi Epsilon	ΛΦΕ	1981	International	NIC, NAPA	Asian-American		Active
Lambda Pi	ΛΠ	1944–2004	Local	Independent	Traditional		Inactive
Lambda Sigma Upsilon	ΛΣΥ	1979	National	NALFO, NIC	Latinos		Active
Lambda Theta Phi	ΛΘΦ	1975	National	NALFO, NIC	Latino		Active
Lambda Upsilon Lambda	ΛΥΛ	1982	National	NALFO	Latino		Active
Nu Alpha Kappa	ΝΑΚ	1988	National	NIC	Latino		Active
Nu Sigma Beta	ΝΣΒ	1937	International	CIPFI	Puerto Rican		Active
Nu Sigma Gamma	ΝΣΓ	1875–1876	Local	Yale University	Traditional, Sophomore		Inactive
Omega Delta Phi	ΩΔΦ	1987	National	NIC	Multicultural		Active
Omega Phi Gamma	ΩΦΓ	1995	National	Independent	Asian		Active
Omega Psi Phi	ΩΨΦ	1911	International	NPHC	African-American		Active
Omega Rho	ΩΡ	1957–19xx ?; 1989§	Local	Independent			Active
Omicron Alpha Tau	ΟΑΤ	–	National	NIC	Jewish		Inactive
Omicron Kappa Epsilon	ΟΚE	1834	Local	Independent	Traditional		Active
Pan Sophic	PANS	1911	Local	Grove City College	Traditional	Brotherhood, Love, & Loyalty	Active
Phi Alpha	ΦΑ	–	National	NIC	Jewish		Inactive
Phi Alpha Chi	ΦΑΧ	1883–1895	Local	Independent	Traditional		Inactive
Phi Alpha Pi	ΦΑΠ	1861	Local	Independent	Traditional		Active
Phi Beta Delta	ΦΒΔ	–	National	NIC	Traditional		Inactive
Phi Beta Epsilon	ΦΒΕ	1890	Local	Independent	Traditional		Active
Phi Beta Sigma	ΦΒΣ	1914	International	NPHC	African-American		Active
Phi Delta Alpha	ΦΔΑ	1884	Local	Dartmouth College	Traditional		Active
Phi Gamma Delta	FIJI	1875	Local	Yale University	Traditional		Inactive
Phi Delta Gamma	ΦΔΓ	1942	National	CIPFI	Puerto Rican		Active
Phi Delta Psi	ΦΔΨ	1977	National	Independent	African-American		Active
Phi Delta Theta	ΦΔΘ	1848	International	Independent	Traditional		Active
Phi Epsilon Chi	ΦΕΧ	1943	International	Independent	Puerto Rican		Active
Phi Epsilon Pi	ΦΕΠ	–	International	NIC	Traditional		Inactive
Phi Eta Kappa	ΦΗΚ	1906	Local	University of Maine	Traditional		Active
Phi Eta Mu	ΦΗΜ	1923	National	CIPFI	Puerto Rican		Active
Phi Gamma Delta	FIJI	1848	International	NIC	Traditional		Active
Phi Iota Alpha	ΦΙΑ	1931	National	NIC, NALFO	Latino		Active
Phi Kappa	ΦΚ	–	National	NIC	Catholic		Inactive
Phi Kappa Nu	ΦΚΝ	1919–1924	Local	Samford University	Traditional		Inactive
Phi Kappa Nu	ΦΚΝ	1975	Local	Cornell College	Traditional		Active
Phi Kappa Pi	ΦΚΠ	1913	National	Independent	Traditional		Active
Phi Kappa Psi	ΦΚΨ	1852	National	NIC	Traditional		Active
Phi Kappa Sigma	ΦΚΣ	1850	International	NIC	Traditional		Active
Phi Kappa Tau	ΦΚΤ	1906	National	NIC	Traditional		Active
Phi Kappa Theta	ΦΚΘ	1889	National	NIC	Traditional	Give, expecting nothing thereof	Active
Phi Lambda Alpha	ΦΛΑ	–	National	Independent	Latino		Inactive
Phi Lambda Chi	ΦΛΧ	1925	National	NIC	Traditional		Active
Phi Lambda Theta	ΦΛΘ	–	National	NIC	Odd Fellows		Inactive
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia	ΦΜΑ	1898	National	NIMC	Music		Active
Phi Mu Delta	ΦΜΔ	1918	National	NIC	Traditional		Active
Phi Pi Phi	ΦΠΦ	–	National	NIC	Traditional		Inactive
Phi Rho Eta	ΦΡΗ	1994	National	Independent	Traditional		Active
Phi Sigma Alpha	ΦΣΑ	1928	International	CIPFI	Puerto Rican		Active
Phi Sigma Delta	ΦΣΔ	–	National	NIC	Traditional		Inactive
Phi Sigma Epsilon	ΦΣΕ	–	National	NIC, Association of Teachers College Fraternities	Traditional		Inactive
Phi Sigma Kappa	ΦΣΚ	1873	International	NIC	Traditional		Active
Phi Sigma Nu	ΦΣΝ	1996	National	Independent	Native American		Active
Phi Sigma Phi	ΦΣΦ	1988	National	NIC	Traditional	Φι Σιγμα Φι	Active
Phi Theta Psi	ΦΘΨ	1864–1875	Local	Yale University	Traditional, Sophomore		Inactive
Phi Theta Psi	ΦΘΨ	1885–1895	Regional	Independent	Traditional		Inactive
Pi Alpha Phi	ΠΑΦ	1929	National	NAPA	Asian American	Πι Αλφα Φι	Inactive
Pi Delta Psi	ΠΔΨ	1994	National	NAPA	Asian		Active
Pi Kappa Alpha	ΠΚΑ	1868	International	NIC	Traditional	φφκα	Active
Pi Kappa Phi	ΠΚΦ	1904	National	NIC	Traditional		Active
Pi Lambda Phi	ΠΛΦ	1895	International	NIC	Traditional		Active
Psi Sigma Phi	ΨΣΦ	1990	National	NMGC	Multicultural		Active
Psi Upsilon	ΨΥ	1833	International	NIC	Traditional		Active
Seal and Serpent		1905	Local	Cornell University	Traditional		Active
Sigma Alpha	ΣΑ	1859–1882	Local	Roanoke College	Traditional		Inactive
Sigma Alpha Epsilon	ΣΑΕ	1856	National	NIC	Traditional	ΣΙΓΜΑ ΑΛΦΑ ΕΨΙΛΟΝ	Active
Sigma Alpha Kappa	ΣΑΚ	1923–2016	Local	Loyola University New Orleans	Traditional		Inactive
Sigma Alpha Kappa	ΣΑΚ	19xx ?–2016	Local	Ferrum College	Traditional		Inactive
Sigma Alpha Kappa	ΣΑΚ	1970	Local	Emory and Henry College	Traditional		Active
Sigma Alpha Mu	ΣΑΜ	1909	International	NIC	Traditional	ΣΙΓΜΑ ΑΛΦΑ ΜΥ	Active
Sigma Beta	ΣΒ		Local	University of New Hampshire	Traditional		Active
Sigma Beta Rho	ΣΒΡ	1996	National	NIC, NAPA	Multicultural		Active
Sigma Chi	ΣΧ	1855	International	NIC	Traditional		Active
Sigma Delta	ΣΔ	1845–1880	Local	Yale University	Traditional, Freshmen		Inactive
Sigma Delta Alpha	ΣΔΑ	1992	National	Independent	Latino		Active
Sigma Delta Rho	ΣΔΡ	–	National	NIC	Traditional		Inactive
Sigma Iota	ΣΙ	–	International	Independent	Latin American		Inactive
Sigma Lambda Beta	ΣΛΒ	1986	National	Independent	Latino		Active
Sigma Lambda Pi	ΣΛΠ	–	National	Independent	Jewish		Inactive
Sigma Nu	ΣΝ	1869	International	NIC	Traditional	ΣNETT	Active
Sigma Phi Epsilon	ΣΦΕ	1901	National	Independent	Traditional	Σίγμα Φί Ἕψιλόν	Active
Sigma Phi Sigma	ΣΦΣ	–	National	Independent	Traditional		Inactive
Sigma Phi Society	ΣΦ	1827	National	NIC	Traditional		Active
Sigma Pi	ΣΠ	1897	National	NIC	Traditional		Active
Sigma Tau Gamma	ΣΤΓ	1920	National	NIC	Traditional		Active
Sigma Tau Phi	ΣΤΦ	–	National	NIC	Jewish		Inactive
Sigma Thêta Pi	ΣΘΠ	2003	International	Independent	Traditional		Active
Tau Delta Phi	ΤΔΦ	1910	National	NIC	Traditional	ΤΑΥ ΔΕΛΤΑ ΦΙ	Active
Tau Epsilon Phi	ΤΕΦ	1910	International	NIC	Traditional	Ταύ Εψιλόν Φί	Active
Tau Kappa Epsilon	ΤΚΕ	1899	International	Independent	Traditional	παωεα	Active
Tau Phi Sigma	ΤΦΣ	1992	National	NIC	Multicultural, social, and service		Active
Theta Chi	ΘΧ	1856	International	FFC	Traditional		Active
Theta Chi	ΘΧ	1865–1935	Local	Yale University	Traditional, Freshmen		Inactive
Theta Delta Chi	ΘΔΧ	1847	International	NIC	Traditional		Active
Theta Kappa Nu	ΘΚΝ	–	National	NIC	Traditional		Inactive
Theta Kappa Phi	ΘΚΦ	–	National	NIC	Catholic		Inactive
Theta Upsilon Omega	ΘΥΩ	–	National	NIC	Traditional		Inactive
Theta Xi	ΘΞ	1864	National	NIC	Traditional		Active
Triangle Fraternity		1907	National	NIC	Traditional		Active	-
Zeta Beta Tau	ΖΒΤ	1898	International	NIC	Traditional		Active
Zeta Chi	ΖΧ	1905	Local	Baker University	Traditional		Active
Zeta Phi	ΖΦ	1870	Regional	Independent	Traditional		Inactive
Zeta Phi Rho	ΖΦΡ	1995	National	Independent	Multicultural		Active
Zeta Nu	ΖΝ	1956	Local	Clarkson University	Traditional	ΙΛΑΙΦΣΒΤΣ	Active
Zeta Psi	ΖΨ'''	1847	International	NIC	Traditional		Active

Coeducational fraternities

Coeducational fraternities permit both male and female members. Active chapters are indicated in bold and inactive chapters are indicated in italics.

Organization	Symbols	Charter date and range	Scope	Affiliation	Type	Crest motto	Status
Alpha Theta	ΑΘ	1920	Local	Dartmouth College	Traditional		Active
Alpha Delta Phi Society	ΑΔΦ	1832	National	Independent	Literary and traditional		Active
Alpha Lambda Epsilon	ΑΛΕ	1922	Local	University of Olivet	Traditional		Active
Alpha Psi Lambda	ΑΨΛ	1985	National	NALFO	Latino		Active
Gamma Sigma, the Georgian Society	ΓΣ	1947	Local	Rutgers University–New Brunswick	Traditional		Active
Lambda Lambda Lambda	ΛΛΛ	2006	National	Independent	Traditional		Active
Nu Alpha Phi	ΝΑΦ	1922	Local	Pomona College	Traditional		Active
Nu Delta	ΝΔ	1922	Local	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Traditional		Active
Phi Tau	ΦΤ	1905–2020	Local	Dartmouth College	Traditional		Inactive
Psi Upsilon	ΨΥ	1833	International	NIC	Traditional		Active
St. Anthony Hall	ΔΨ	1847	National	Independent	Literary		Active	'
Sigma Mu Sigma	ΣΜΣ	1921	Regional	Independent	Traditional		Active
The Tabard (Sigma Epsilon Chi)	ΣΕΧ	1857	Local	Dartmouth College	Traditional		Active
Theta Delta Sigma	ΘΔΣ	2001	National	Independent	Multicultural	Θετα Δελτα Σεγμα	Active
Theta Pi Sigma	ΘΠΣ	2005	Local	University of California at Santa Cruz	LGBTQ		Active
Zeta Delta Xi	ΖΔΞ'''	1852	Local	Brown University	Traditional		Active