List of social sororities and women's fraternities

Social, traditional, or collegiate sororities, in the North American fraternal system, are those that do not promote a particular profession, as professional fraternities do, or discipline, such as service fraternities and sororities. 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, and a sorority is composed of women. However, many women's organizations and co-ed organizations also refer to themselves as women's fraternities.

This list of North American collegiate sororities and women's fraternities is not exhaustive. It includes only social collegiate organizations; other types of social fraternal organizations can be found under the list of general fraternities. Cultural interest sororities can be found in cultural interest fraternities and sororities. Men's and co-educational fraternities are listed in Lists of social 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.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Sororities and women's fraternities

Active groups are in bold. Inactive sororities are indicated in italics.

Organization	Symbol	Charter date and range	Scope	Affiliation [a]	Type	Crest motto [b]	Status	Reference
Alpha Beta Psi	ΑΒΨ	1978	Local	Independent	Traditional		Active
Alpha Chi Omega	ΑΧΩ	1885	International	NPC	Traditional	Συσπουδάσωμεν τά ανώτατα   (Together Let Us Seek the Heights)	Active	[c]
Alpha Chi Theta	ΑΧΘ	2013	Local	University of Victoria	Traditional		Active	[1]
Alpha Delta Alpha	ΑΔΑ	1980	Local	Michigan Technological University	Traditional		Active	[2]
Alpha Delta Chi	ΑΔΧ	1925	National	Independent	Christian	Katoptriozomai [d]   (Reflected in mirror)	Active
Alpha Delta Pi	ΑΔΠ	1851	International	NPC	Traditional	Ζῶμεν Ἀλλήλοις   (We live for each other)	Active	[e]
Alpha Delta Theta	ΑΔΘ	1919–1939	National	NPC	Traditional		Inactive	[f]
Alpha Epsilon Phi	ΑΕΦ	1909	National	NPC	Traditional	ΑΛΦΑ ΕΨΙΛΟΝ ΦΙ	Active	[g]
Alpha Gamma Delta	ΑΓΔ	1904	International	NPC	Traditional	ΑΛΦΑ ΓΑΜΜΑ ΔΕΛΤΑ	Active
Alpha Gamma Phi	ΑΓΦ	1957	Local	Hope College	Traditional		Active	[3]
Alpha Kappa Alpha	ΑΚΑ	1908	International	NPHC	African-American	ΟΦΕΛΥΟΜΕΝ ΥΠΗΡΕΤΙΔΕΣ	Active
alpha Kappa Delta Phi	αΚΔΦ	1990	International	NAPA	Asian	Σορορνμ σοδαλιτασ αετερνα   (Timeless friendship through sisterhood)	Active
Alpha Kappa Psi	ΑΚΨ	1900–1920	National		Traditional		Inactive	[h]
Alpha Omicron Pi	ΑΟΠ	1897	International	NPC	Traditional		Active
Alpha Phi	ΑΦ	1872	International	NPC	Traditional	ζευξις χειρι εν χειρι  (Union hand in hand)	Active
Alpha Phi Gamma	ΑΦΓ	1994	National	NAPA	Asian	Σιγμα Αλπηα Αλπηα[sic]	Active
Alpha Pi Omega	ΑΠΩ	1994	National	Independent	Native American		Active
Alpha Sigma Alpha	ΑΣΑ	1901	National	NPC	Traditional	ΑΓΑΣΘΕ ΣΠΕΥΔΕΤΕ ΑΙΡΕΣΘΕ   (Aspire, seek, attain)	Active	[i]
Alpha Sigma Chi	ΑΣΧ	1923	Local	SUNY Oswego	Traditional		Active	[4] [j]
Alpha Sigma Delta	ΑΣΔ	1918–1932	National	Independent	Traditional		Inactive	[k]
Alpha Sigma Rho	ΑΣΡ	1998	National	NAPA	Asian American		Active
Alpha Sigma Tau	ΑΣΤ	1899	National	NPC	Traditional	Αλφα Σιγμα Ταυ   [sic]	Active	[l]
Alpha Xi Delta	ΑΞΔ	1893	National	NPC	Traditional	Αλφα Ξι Δελτα   [sic]	Active
Beta Phi Alpha	ΒΦΑ	1919–1941	National	NPC (former)	Traditional		Inactive	[m]
Beta Sigma Omicron	ΒΣΟ	1888–1964	National	NPC (former)	Traditional		Inactive	[n]
Beta Upsilon Delta	ΒΥΔ	1978	Local	St. Joseph's University	Traditional		Active	[5]
Ceres		1984	National	Independent	Social and agricultural		Active
Chi Alpha Nu	ΧΑΝ	1927	Local	Muskingum University	Traditional		Active	[6] [7]
Chi Beta Epsilon	ΧΒΕ	1952	Local	Trinity University	Traditional		Active	[8]
Chi Delta Theta	ΧΔΘ	1989	National	Independent	Asian, multicultural		Active
Chi Iota Pi	ΧΙΠ	2004	National	Independent	Multicultural		Active
Chi Omega	ΧΩ	1895	National	NPC	Traditional		Active
Chi Upsilon Sigma	ΧΥΣ	1980	National	NALFO	Latina		Active
Clovia		1931	National	Independent	4-H origin		Active
Delta Delta Delta	ΔΔΔ	1888	International	NPC	Traditional	Ἀσφαλῶς Ἀγαπῶμεν Ἀλλήλας  (Let us steadfastly love one another)	Active
Delta Gamma	ΔΓ	1873	International	NPC	Traditional		Active
Delta Phi Epsilon	ΔΦΕ	1917	International	NPC	Traditional	Esse Quam Videri  (To be rather than to seem to be)	Active
Delta Phi Lambda	ΔΦΛ	1998	National	NAPA	Asian		Active
Delta Phi Omega	ΔΦΩ	1998	National	NAPA	South Asian		Active
Delta Sigma Epsilon	ΔΣΕ	1914–1956	International	NPC	Traditional		Inactive	[o]
Delta Sigma Theta	ΔΣΘ	1913	International	NPHC	African-American	ΔΕΛΤΑ ΣΙΓΜΑ ΘΕΤΑ[sic]	Active
Delta Theta Psi	ΔΘΨ	March 1992	Local	College of Wooster	Local		Active	[9]
Delta Xi Nu	ΔΞΝ	1997	National	NMGC	Multicultural		Active
Delta Xi Phi	ΔΞΦ	1994	National	NMGC	Multicultural	ΔΕΛΤΑ ΞΙ ΦΙ	Active
Delta Zeta	ΔΖ	1902	International	NPC	Traditional	Δια Καρτερου Ζωπυρον (Via strong fire)	Active
Eta Gamma Delta	ΗΓΔ	1928	National	CIPFI	Puerto Rican		Active
Eta Psi Kappa	ΗΨΚ	2001	Local	University of Olivet	Traditional		Active	[10]
Eta Upsilon Gamma	ΗΥΓ	1901	National	JPHC	Traditional	Be Strong in the Truth	Inactive
Gamma Alpha Omega	ΓΑΩ	1993	National	NALFO	Latina	Nos Una Crescemus   (United We Will Grow)	Active
Gamma Eta	ΓΗ	1995	National	NMGC	Traditional		Active
Gamma Phi Beta	ΓΦΒ	1874	International	NPC	Traditional		Active
Gamma Rho Lambda	ΓΡΛ	2003	National	Independent	LGBTQ		Active
Iota Alpha Pi	ΙΑΠ	1903–1971	International	NPC	Traditional		Inactive	[p]
Kappa Alpha Theta	ΚΑΘ	1870	International	NPC	Traditional	ΚΑΠΠΑ ΑΛΦΑ ΘΗΤΑ	Active
Kappa Beta Gamma	ΚΒΓ	1917	International	Independent	Traditional		Active
Kappa Delta	ΚΔ	1897	National	NPC	Traditional	Τα Καλά Διώκομεν   (Seeking the good)	Active
Kappa Delta Chi	ΚΔΧ	1987	National	NALFO	Latina		Active
Kappa Kappa Gamma	ΚΚΓ	1870	International	NPC	Traditional		Active
Kappa Lambda Iota	ΚΛΙ	1869	Local	McKendree University	Traditional		Active	[11] [q]
Kappa Phi Delta	ΚΦΔ	1904	Local	Illinois Institute of Technology	Traditional		Active	[12]
Kappa Phi Lambda	ΚΦΛ	1995	National	NAPA	Asian	Fraternte Servitium Varietas   (Sisterhood, Service, Diversity)	Active
Lambda Omega	ΛΩ	1915–1933	National	NPC	Traditional		Inactive	[r]
Lambda Pi Chi	ΛΠΧ	1988	National	NALFO	Latina		Active
Lambda Pi Upsilon	ΛΠΥ	1992	National	NALFO	Latina		Active
Lambda Psi Delta	ΛΨΔ	1997	National	NMGC	Multicultural
Lambda Sigma Gamma	ΛΣΓ	1986	Regional	NMGC	Multicultural		Active
Lambda Tau Omega	ΛΤΩ	1988	National	NMGC	Multicultural		Active
Lambda Theta Alpha	ΛΘΑ	1975	National	NALFO	Latina		Active
Lambda Theta Nu	ΛΘΝ	1986	National	NALFO	Latina		Active
Mu Alpha Phi	ΜΑΦ	1927	Regional	CIPFI	Puerto Rican		Active
Mu Sigma Upsilon	ΜΣΥ	1981	National	NMGC	Multicultural	Mujeres Siempre Unidas   (Women Always United)	Active
Omega Phi Beta	ΩΦΒ	1989	National	NALFO	Multicultural		Active
Omega Phi Chi	ΩΦΧ	1988	National	NMGC	Multicultural		Active
Phi Alpha Mu	ΦΑΜ	1926	Local	McDaniel College	Traditional		Active	[13] [14]
Phi Beta Chi	ΦΒΧ	1978	National	Independent	Lutheran	Amor Via Vitae in Christo  (Love through Life in Christ)	Active
Phi Kappa Pi (aka Alpha Clionian )	ΦΚΠ	1872	Local	SUNY Geneseo	Traditional		Active	[15] [16] [s]
Phi Mu	ΦΜ	1852	National	NPC	Traditional	Les Soeurs Fideles   (The Faithful Sisters)	Active
Phi Sigma Rho	ΦΣΡ	1984	National	Independent	Engineering		Active
Phi Sigma Sigma	ΦΣΣ	1913	National	NPC	Traditional	Διωκετε Υψηλα   (Aim high)	Active
Pi Alpha Gamma	ΠΑΓ	2011	Local	St. Thomas University and University of New Brunswick	Traditional		Active	[17]
Pi Beta Phi	ΠΒΦ	1867	International	NPC	Traditional		Active
Pi Delta Kappa	ΠΔΚ	1907–1913	Regional	Independent	Traditional		Inactive	[t]
Pi Kappa Sigma	ΠΚΣ	1894–1959	International	NPC	Traditional		Inactive	[u]
Pi Lambda Sigma	ΠΛΣ	1921–1952	National	Independent	Traditional		Inactive	[v] [w]
Phi Omega Pi	ΦΩΠ	1922–1946	National	NPC	Traditional		Inactive	[x]
Pi Sigma Gamma	ΠΣΓ	1919–1932	National	NPC	Traditional		Inactive	[y]
Psi Lambda Xi	ΨΛΞ	2007	Local	DePauw University	Traditional		Active	[18]
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Pi	ΣΑΕΠ	1998	National	Independent	Jewish		Active
Sigma Alpha Omega	ΣΑΩ	1998	National	Independent	Christian		Active
Sigma Beta	ΣΒ	January 18, 1907	Local	University of Olivet	Traditional		Active	[19]
Sigma Delta Chi	ΣΔΧ	April 1902–November 11, 1915	Regional	Independent	Traditional		Inactive	[z]
Sigma Delta Tau	ΣΔΤ	1917	International	NPC	Jewish	Patriae Multae Spes Una (One Hope of Many People)	Active	[aa]
Sigma Gamma Rho	ΣΓΡ	1922	International	NPHC	African-American		Active
Sigma Iota Alpha	ΣΙΑ	1990	National	NALFO	Latina	Semper Unum et Inseparabilis  (Always One and Inseparable)	Active
Sigma Kappa	ΣΚ	1874	National	NPC	Traditional		Active
Sigma Lambda Alpha	ΣΛΑ	1992	National	Independent	Latina		Active
Sigma Lambda Gamma	ΣΛΓ	1990	National	Independent	Latina		Active
Sigma Lambda Upsilon	ΣΛΥ	1987	National	NALFO	Latina		Active
Sigma Omicron Epsilon	ΣΟΕ	1997	National	Independent	Native American		Active
Sigma Omicron Pi	ΣΟΠ	1930	National	NAPA	Asian American		Active
Sigma Phi Beta	ΣΦΒ	1920–1933	National	NPC	Traditional		Inactive	[ab]
Sigma Phi Lambda	ΣΦΛ	1988	National	Independent	Christian		Active
Sigma Phi Omega	ΣΦΩ	1949	National	Independent	Asian		Active
Sigma Pi Alpha	ΣΠΑ	1996	National	Independent	Chicana/Latina		Active
Sigma Psi	ΣΨ	1896	Local	Case Western Reserve University	Traditional		Active
Sigma Psi Zeta	ΣΨΖ	1994	National	NAPA	Asian American		Active
Sigma Sigma Sigma	ΣΣΣ	1898	International	NPC	Traditional	Πιστός εϊς θάνατον (Faithful unto death)	Active	[ac]
Tau Mu Tau	ΤΜΤ	1904	Local	Gustavus Adolphus College	Traditional		Active
Theta Nu Xi	ΘΝΞ	1997	National	NMGC	Multicultural		Active
Theta Phi Alpha	ΘΦΑ	1912	National	NPC	Traditional	Θήτα φι Αλφα	Active	[ad]
Theta Sigma Upsilon	ΘΣΥ	1921–1959	National	NPC, PFA	Traditional		Inactive	[ae]
Theta Upsilon	ΘΥ	1921–1962	National	NPC	Traditional		Inactive	[af]
Zeta Chi Epsilon	ΖΧΕ	2011	Local	Ferrum College	Traditional		Active	[20] [21]
Zeta Chi Phi	ΖΧΦ	2003	National	Independent	Multicultural		Active
Zeta Phi Beta	ΖΦΒ	1920	International	NPHC	African-American	παντα ἐργασία νίκα  (Labor always wins)	Active
Zeta Sigma Chi	ΖΣΧ	1991	National	Independent	Multicultural	Keeping the dream alive	Active
Zeta Tau Alpha	ΖΤΑ	1898	International	NPC	Traditional	Ζητα Ταυ Αλφα	Active

1. Includes the college or university for local sororities.
2. Any text in Greek or Latin writing contained within the crests. This does not necessarily correspond to the motto. A few are in Spanish or French. The orthography and punctuation are as depicted in the crest's writing, and are not necessarily grammatically correct.
3. Originally a music sorority
4. Includes both Latin and Greek letters.
5. Originally a secret society.
6. Merged with Phi Mu.
7. Originally a Jewish sorority
8. Merged with Delta Delta Delta and dispersed to multiple sororities.
9. Originally an educational sorority
10. Originally affiliated with Alpha Sigma Alpha.
11. Merged with Lambda Omega (see Delta Zeta).
12. Originally an educational sorority
13. Merged with Lambda Omega (see Delta Zeta).
14. Merged with Zeta Tau Alpha.
15. Merged with Delta Zeta.
16. Sorority disbanded.
17. Originally called the Clionian Literary Society.
18. Merged with Delta Zeta.
19. Was formed as Alpha Clionian literary society. It began using the Greek letters Phi Kappa Pi c. 1902, but still uses the name Alpha Clio.
20. Merged with Chi Omega.
21. Merged with Sigma Kappa.
22. Merged with Theta Phi Alpha.
23. This is the Catholic women's general sorority, not the former local honor society for library science at Syracuse, now a part of Beta Phi Mu.
24. Merged with Delta Zeta.
25. Merged with Beta Sigma Omicron.
26. Merged with Sigma Sigma Sigma.
27. Originally a Jewish sorority.
28. Merged with Phi Omega Pi.
29. Originally an educational sorority
30. Originally a Catholic sorority
31. Merged with Alpha Gamma Delta.
32. Merged with Delta Zeta.

Coeducational sororities and fraternities

Main article: List of social fraternities § Coeducational fraternities

Coeducational fraternities permit both male and female members.

See also

• List of social fraternities
• Cultural interest fraternities and sororities
• Fraternities and sororities in Canada
• List of fraternities and sororities in France
• List of fraternities and sororities in the Philippines
• List of fraternities and sororities in Puerto Rico
• Professional fraternities and sororities
• Service fraternities and sororities

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