List of collegiate a cappella groups in the United States

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This is a list of collegiate a cappella groups in the United States.

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Group nameInstitutionMembershipYear foundedRef.
The Academical Village People University of Virginia Tenor/Bass1993
The Accafellas Michigan State University Tenor/Bass1996
The Accidentals University of Georgia Tenor/Bass1974
Another Round Indiana University Tenor/Bass1996
The Bear Necessities Brown University Tenor/Bass1992
The Beelzebubs Tufts University Tenor/Bass1962
The Brown Derbies Brown University Tenor/Bass1982
California Golden Overtones University of California, Berkeley Soprano/Alto1984
Chai Town University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign Tenor/Bass2001
The Cheezies Miami University Tenor/Bass1989 [1]
Chorallaries of MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology Mixed1977
The Chordials Cornell University Mixed1997
Wolfgang A Cappella North Carolina State University Mixed1997
The Claremont Shades Claremont Colleges Mixed1994 [2] [3]
The Clef Hangers University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tenor/Bass1977
'Cliffe Notes Harvard University Soprano/Alto1991
The Colgate Thirteen Colgate University Tenor/Bass1942
Collegium Underground Harvard University Mixed1971
Compulsive Lyres University of Michigan Mixed1997
Counterpoint Stanford University Soprano/Alto1979
The Crosbys Binghamton University Tenor/Bass1982
CU Buffoons University of Colorado-Boulder Tenor/Bass1962
The Dartmouth Aires Dartmouth College Tenor/Bass1946
Deep Treble Rutgers University Mixed1998
Dhamakapella Case Western Reserve University Mixed, South Asian2005
Dicks and Janes University of Michigan Mixed1998
The Din & Tonics Harvard University Tenor/Bass1979
The Dissipated Eight Middlebury College Tenor/Bass1952
The Dreamers of Phi Mu Alpha Penn State Tenor/Bass1989
The Duke's Men of Yale Yale University Tenor/Bass1952
The Earth Tones University at Albany Tenor/Bass1998
Eight Beat Measure Rochester Institute of Technology Tenor/Bass1987
Emocapella George Washington University Tenor/Bass2001
Everyday People Stanford University Mixed1987
Fleet Street Stanford University Tenor/Bass1981
Footnotes Princeton University Tenor/Bass1959
Fundamentally Sound University of Wisconsin–Madison Tenor/Bass2005
The Georgetown Chimes Georgetown University Mixed1946
The Gentlemen of the College The College of William and Mary Tenor/Bass1990
Glee Club Lite Harvard University Tenor/Bass1985
The Hangovers Cornell University Tenor/Bass1968
Harpur Harpeggios Binghamton University Soprano/Alto1983
The Hullabahoos University of Virginia Tenor/Bass1987
IC Voicestream Ithaca College Mixed2002
Ithacappella Ithaca College Tenor/Bass1996
The Idlers United States Coast Guard Academy Tenor/Bass1957
The Jabberwocks Brown University Tenor/Bass1949
The Katzenjammers Princeton University Mixed1973
The Krokodiloes Harvard University Tenor/Bass1946
Ladies First A Cappella Michigan State University Soprano/Alto1985
The Logarhythms Massachusetts Institute of Technology Tenor/Bass1949
The Maccabeats Yeshiva University Tenor/Bass2007
MadHatters University of Wisconsin–Madison Tenor/Bass1997
Magevet Yale University Mixed1993
Maize Mirchi University of Michigan Mixed2007
The Meddiebempsters Bowdoin College Tenor/Bass1937 [4]
The Mendicants Stanford University Tenor/Bass1963
UC Men's Octet University of California, Berkeley Tenor/Bass1948
Midnight Ramblers University of Rochester Tenor/Bass1998
Milk and Cookies Mount Holyoke College Soprano/Alto1989
MIT Resonance Massachusetts Institute of Technology Mixed2000
Mixed Company of Yale Yale University Mixed1981
The Madison Project James Madison University Tenor/Bass1996
Mosaic Whispers Washington University in St. Louis Mixed1991
The Muses Massachusetts Institute of Technology Soprano/Alto1988
Nassoons Princeton University Tenor/Bass1941
Night Owls Vassar College Soprano/Alto1942
Northwestern Undertones Northwestern University Mixed2001
Not Too Sharp University of New Hampshire Tenor/Bass2002
Note-oriety James Madison University Soprano/Alto1998
Noteworthy Brigham Young University Soprano/Alto2003
On a Sensual Note American University Tenor/Bass1996
Out of the Blue Yale University Mixed1986
Penn Masala University of Pennsylvania Tenor/Bass1996
The Pitchforks of Duke University Duke University Tenor/Bass1979
Pitch Please Ithaca College Mixed2012
Premium Blend Ithaca College Soprano/Alto1998
Profecy A CappellaRowan UniversityTenor/Bass2014
Purple Haze Northwestern University Mixed1996
Quirks Trinity College Soprano/Alto2004
Raagapella Stanford University Tenor/Bass2002
The Radcliffe Pitches Harvard University Soprano/Alto1975
Redhot & Blue Yale University Mixed1977
Shir Appeal Tufts University Mixed1995
Sil'hooettes University of Virginia Soprano/Alto1988
Sirens Simmons University Soprano/Alto1989
The Smiffenpoofs Smith College Soprano/Alto1936
The SoCal VoCals University of Southern California Mixed1995
The Society of Orpheus and Bacchus Yale University Tenor/Bass1938
The Spizzwinks(?) Yale University Tenor/Bass1914
The Spokes University of California, Davis Soprano/Alto2004
Stanford Harmonics Stanford University Mixed1991
Stanford Mixed Company Stanford University Mixed1985
The Swinging 'Gates Colgate University Soprano/Alto1974
Talisman Stanford University Mixed1990
Tigertones Princeton University Tenor/Bass1946
The Tritones University of California, San Diego Mixed1996
The Trojan Men University of Southern California Tenor/Bass2005
The Harvard-Radcliffe Veritones Harvard University Mixed1985
The Virginia Belles University of Virginia Soprano/Alto1977
Two Past Midnight Bucknell University Mixed1995
Virginia Gentlemen University of Virginia Tenor/Bass1953
Vocal Point Brigham Young University Tenor/Bass1991
VoiceMale Brandeis University Tenor/Bass1994
Voices in Your Head University of Chicago Mixed1998
The Whiffenpoofs Yale University Tenor/Bass1909
The Yale Alley Cats Yale University Tenor/Bass1943
The Yale Russian Chorus Yale University Tenor/Bass1953
The YellowJackets University of Rochester Tenor/Bass1956
Exit 245 James Madison University Tenor/Bass1998

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  2. ↑ Ding, Jaimie (14 November 2019). "Not a scam: SCAMFest 2019 wows audience with strong vocals and performances". The Student Life .
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