List of Theta Chi chapters
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Theta Chi fraternity has chartered 245 chapters, of which 150 are active as of 2024.{{cite web|url=http://www.thetachi.org/main/about/ |title=About | Theta Chi Fraternity |accessdate=2015-03-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150306051734/http://www.thetachi.org/main/about/ |archivedate=2015-03-06 }} www.thetachi.org Its first 24 chapters were given single Greek letter designations (Αlpha, Βeta, etc.), and all following chapters were given double Greek letter designations (Αlpha Beta, Αlpha Gamma, etc.) with no use of double letters (no Αlpha Alpha, Βeta Beta, etc.).
Following is a list of Theta Chi chapters, with active chapters indicated in bold and inactive chapters and institutions in italics.{{cite web |date=April 8, 2023 |editor-last=Lurding |editor-first=Carroll |editor2=Becque |editor2-first=Fran |title=Theta Chi |url=https://www.library.illinois.edu/slc/welcome/fraternity-sorority-almanac/ |access-date=15 May 2021 |website=Almanac of Fraternities and Sororities |publisher=University of Illinois |language=en |location=}}.{{Cite book |last1=Baird |first1=Wm Raimond |url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007393856 |title=Baird's manual of American college fraternities; a descriptive analysis of the fraternity system in the colleges of the United States, with a detailed account of each fraternity. |last2=Brown |first2=James Taylor |date=1923 |publisher=James T. Brown, editor and publisher. |location=New York |pages=360–361 |via=Hathi Trust}}{{Cite web |title=Chapters |url=https://www.thetachi.org/chapters |access-date=2025-05-29 |website=Theta Chi}}
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!Chapter !Charter date and range !Institution !Location !Status !Reference |
Alpha
| {{dts|April 10, 1856}} – 1960 |Inactive |{{Efn|Chapter closed when the university banned fraternities.}} |
Beta
|1902 |Massachusetts Institute of Technology |Active | |
Gamma
|1907 |Active |{{Efn|Chapter formed by absorbing Delta Mu (local), established in 1904.}} |
Delta
|1908 |Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |Active | |
Epsilon
|1909 |Worcester Polytechnic Institute |Active |{{Efn|Chapter formed by absorbing Pi Omega Pi (local), established in 1905.}} |
Zeta
|1910–1974, 1984–1993, 2014 |Active |{{Efn|Chapter formed by absorbing Delta Xi (local), established in 1903.}} |
Eta
|1911–1988, 1990–1992, 2011 |Active | |
Theta
|1911–1982, 1991–1998, 2004 |Active |{{Efn|Chapter formed by absorbing Theta Phi (local), established in 1906.}}{{Cite news |date=September 28, 2021 |title=Theta Chi letter asks UMass Amherst to protect frat |url=https://www.wwlp.com/news/local-news/hampshire-county/theta-chi-letter-asks-umass-amherst-to-protect-frat-members-amid-sexual-assault-allegations/}} |
Iota
|1912 |Active |{{Efn|Chapter formed by absorbing Theta Mu (local), established in 1911.}} |
Kappa
|1912–1960 |Inactive |{{Efn|Chapter formed by absorbing Phi Beta Alpha (local), established in 1910.}} |
Lambda
|1912–1983, 1985–1999 |Inactive |{{Efn|Chapter formed by absorbing Amphia (local), established in 1909. After going inactive, the chapter was re-established in 1985 by absorbing Phi Sigma Epsilon, established in 1963. It was also re-established as a colony in 2002.}} |
Mu
|1913–1993, 1998 |Active |{{Efn|Chapter formed by absorbing Unity (local), established in 1903.}} |
Nu
|1914–1995, 1999 |Active |{{Efn|Chapter formed by absorbing Delta Delta (local), established in 1911. After going dormant, it was re-established in 1999 by absorbing Kappa Psi Chi (local), established in 1996.}} |
Xi
|1914–2024 |Inactive |{{Efn|Chapter formed by absorbing Eta Pi Rho (local), established in 1913.}} |
Omicron
|1915–1996, 2013–2022 |Inactive | |
Pi
|1916–2009 |Inactive | |
Rho
|1916–1972, 1991 |Champaign and Urbana, Illinois |Active | |
Sigma
|1916 |Active | |
Tau
|1916 |Active | |
Upsilon
|1917–1968, 1988–1991 |Inactive | |
Phi
|1917 |North Dakota State University |Active | |
Chi
|1918 |Active | |
Psi
|1918–1937, 1941–2005, 2011 |Active | |
Omega
|1919 |University Park, Pennsylvania |Active |{{Efn|Delta Kappa Nu (local), a group that dated from 1921 became the Iota Alpha chapter of Theta Upsilon Omega in 1924. After creation, it absorbed another small local, Pi Kappa Nu. Later, in a national merger, this chapter joined with the pre-existing Omega chapter of Theta Chi, in 1938.}} |
Alpha Alpha
| | | |Unassigned | |
Alpha Beta
|1919–1999, 2023 |Active | |
Alpha Gamma
|1919–2022 |Inactive | |
Alpha Delta
|1920 |Active |{{Efn|In 1937, the Zeta chapter of Delta Sigma Lambda merged into the existing Purdue chapter of Theta Chi.}} |
Alpha Epsilon
|1920–1988 |Inactive | |
Alpha Zeta
|1920 |Active | |
Alpha Eta
|1920–1939, 1949–1963, 1985–1994 |Inactive | |
Alpha Theta
|1921–1952 |Withdrew |{{Efn|This chapter originated as Iota Sigma Upsilon (local), which had formed in 1920. In 1952, this chapter withdrew to form Alpha Theta (local), no longer affiliated with Theta Chi.}} |
Alpha Iota
|1921–2001, 2006 |Active |{{efn|This chapter originated as the Delphian Club (local) in 1905.}} |
Alpha Kappa
|1921–1937, 1949 |Active | |
Alpha Lambda
|1921–1943, 1946–1996, 2017 |Active | |
Alpha Mu
|1922 |Active | |
Alpha Nu
|1923 |Active | |
Alpha Xi
|1923–1988, 1998 |Active | |
Alpha Omicron
|1924–2024 |Inactive | |
Alpha Pi
|1924–2000, 2013 |Active | |
Alpha Rho
|1925 |Active | |
Alpha Sigma
|1925–2012, 2016 |Active | |
Alpha Tau
|1925 |Active | |
Alpha Upsilon
|1925–1939, 1949–1998, 2012–2021 |Colony |{{Efn|Chapter reformed as a colony in 2023.}} |
Alpha Phi
|1926 |Active | |
Alpha Chi
|1928 |Active | |
Alpha Psi
|1929 |Active | |
Alpha Omega
|1930–2003 |Inactive | |
Beta Alpha
|1931 |UCLA |Active | |
Beta Beta
| | | |Unassigned | |
Beta Gamma
|1932–1990 |Inactive | |
Beta Delta
|1932–2004, 2008–2022 |Inactive | |
Beta Epsilon
|1937–1993 |Inactive |{{Efn|This group had its origin in 1924 as the Templar Club (local). In 1927 it became the Theta chapter of Delta Sigma Lambda. That fraternity was fracturing, so in 1937, in a merger, the chapter became the Beta Epsilon chapter of Theta Chi.}} |
Beta Zeta
|1939–2013, 2017 |Active |"[https://books.google.com/books?id=eTXPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA42-IA44 Michigan State Welcomes Theta Chi Chapter]". The Rattle of Theta Chi. XXVIII (1): 3–12. July 1939. via Google Books, retrieved 6 February 2023.{{Efn|This chapter had its origin on November 7, 1908, with the establishment of the Delphic Literary Society (local) – national fraternity chapters were not permitted on the Michigan State campus until 1922. Delphic joined Theta Chi on June 9, 1939, as the Beta Zeta chapter.}} |
Beta Eta
|1940–2022 |Inactive | |
Beta Theta
|1940–1963, 1969 |Active | |
Beta Iota
|1941–1973, 2011–2019 |Inactive |{{Efn|This group had its origin in 1912 as the Square & Compass Club (local). It became the Delta chapter of Delta Sigma Lambda in 1930, but that national soon failed. After a few years as a local operation, the group became the Beta Iota chapter of Theta Chi in 1941.}} |
Beta Kappa
|1942 |Active |{{cite journal |date=April 1942 |title=Beta Kappa Fraternity Joins Theta Chi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eTXPAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Beta+Kappa%22&pg=PA42-IA44 |journal=The Rattle of Theta Chi |volume=XXX |issue=5 |pages=3–4 |access-date=6 February 2023}}{{Efn|Formed by absorbing the Alpha chapter of Beta Kappa fraternity}} |
Beta Lambda
|1942–1993, 1997 |Active | |
Beta Mu
|1942–1970 |Inactive | |
Beta Nu
|1942 |Case Western Reserve University |Active | |
Beta Xi
|1942–2024 |Inactive | |
Beta Omicron
|1942–2005, 2013 |Active | |
Beta Pi
|1942–1990 |Inactive | |
Beta Rho
|1942 |Active | |
Beta Sigma
|1942 |Active | |
Beta Tau
|1942–1992, 2006–2019 |University of Southern California |Inactive | |
Beta Upsilon
|1942–2012 |California State University, Fresno |Inactive | |
Beta Phi
|1942–1971, 2014 |Active | |
Beta Chi
|1942–2024 |Inactive | |
Beta Psi
|1942-2011, 2014 |Active |{{Efn| created as the Epsilon chapter of Chi Tau fraternity in 1924, joining Beta Kappa in 1930 after Chi Tau's dissolution, and later participating in the merger into Theta Chi.}} |
Beta Omega
|1942 |Active | |
Gamma Alpha
|1942–1960 |University of Tennessee at Chattanooga |Inactive | |
Gamma Beta
|1942–1964 |Inactive | |
Gamma Gamma
| | | |Unassigned | |
Gamma Delta
|1946–1998, 2009 |Active | |
Gamma Epsilon
|1946–1999 |Inactive | |
Gamma Zeta
|1947–1968, 1996–2005, 2012 |Active | |
Gamma Eta
|1947–1984, 1991–2000, 2010–2012 |Inactive | |
Gamma Theta
|1947–2009, 2013–2019 |Inactive | |
Gamma Iota
|1948–1966 |Inactive | |
Gamma Kappa
|1948 |Active | |
Gamma Lambda
|1948–1980, 1997 |Active | |
Gamma Mu
|1948–2000, 2020 |Bowling Green State University |Active | |
Gamma Nu
|1948–1995, 2021 |Active | |
Gamma Xi
|1948 |Active | |
Gamma Omicron
|1948-2023 |Winston-Salem, North Carolina |Inactive | |
Gamma Pi
|1949–1972, 1989–1995, 2018 |Active | |
Gamma Rho
|1949–2001, 2006 |Active | |
Gamma Sigma
|1949–2006, 2023 |Active | |
Gamma Tau
|1949 |Active | |
Gamma Upsilon
|1949 |Active | |
Gamma Phi
|1949 |Active | |
Gamma Chi
|1949 |Active | |
Gamma Psi
|1949–1981 |Inactive | |
Gamma Omega
|1949–1960 |Inactive | |
Delta Alpha
|1949 |Active | |
Delta Beta
|1949 |Active | |
Delta Gamma
|1950–1993, 1996 |West Virginia Wesleyan College |Active | |
Delta Delta
| | | |Unassigned | |
Delta Epsilon
|1950–1963, 2024 |Active | |
Delta Zeta
|1950–2022 |Inactive | |
Delta Eta
|1950–1973, 2013 |Active | |
Delta Theta
|1950–1979, 1987 |Active | |
Delta Iota
|1950–2019 |Inactive | |
Delta Kappa
|1951–2018, 2021 |Colony |{{Efn|Chapter reformed as a colony in 2021.}} |
Delta Lambda
|1951–1961 |Inactive | |
Delta Mu
|1951–1964, 1989 |Active | |
Delta Nu
|1951–1986 |Inactive | |
Delta Xi
|1952–2010 |Inactive | |
Delta Omicron
|1952–2002 |Inactive | |
Delta Pi
|1952–2005, 2013 |Active | |
Delta Rho
|1952–2015, 2020 |North Carolina State University |Active | |
Delta Sigma
|1952–1997 |Inactive | |
Delta Tau
|1953–1971, 1987–2006 |Active | |
Delta Upsilon
|1953–2015, 2020 |Active | |
Delta Phi
|1954–2000, 2007–2019, 2023 |Active | |
Delta Chi
|1954–2010 |Inactive | |
Delta Psi
|1954–1973, 1982 |Active | |
Delta Omega
|1954 |Active | |
Epsilon Alpha
|1954–2011 |Inactive | |
Epsilon Beta
|1955–1998 |Inactive | |
Epsilon Gamma
|1956–2024 |Inactive | |
Epsilon Delta
|1956–2010, 2018 |Active | |
Epsilon Epsilon
| | | |Unassigned | |
Epsilon Zeta
|1957–1992, 2002 |Active | |
Epsilon Eta
|1957–2011, 2016 |Indiana University of Pennsylvania |Active | |
Epsilon Theta
|1957 | |Active | |
Epsilon Iota
|1958–1973, 1988 |Active | |
Epsilon Kappa
|1959–1997, 2002 |Active | |
Epsilon Lambda
|1959–1971 |Inactive | |
Epsilon Mu
|1960–1994, 2017 |Active | |
Epsilon Nu
|1960–1975 |California State University, Los Angeles |Inactive | |
Epsilon Xi
|1960–2004 |Inactive | |
Epsilon Omicron
|1960–1992 |Inactive |{{Efn|This chapter had its origination in Theta Psi Omega (local), formed in 1912. It became the Delta chapter of Phi Lambda Theta in 1927, but that national dissolved about a decade later. The chapter joined {{lang|grc|ΚΣΚ}} as its Lambda chapter in 1941. After 18 years in {{lang|grc|ΚΣΚ}}, it withdrew, again as a local, with a temporary name of {{lang|grc|ΚΦΝ}}, then joined {{lang|grc|ΘΧ}} as its Epsilon Omicron chapter.}} |
Epsilon Pi
|1961–1991 |Inactive | |
Epsilon Rho
|1961–1990, 2018 | Lawrence Township, New Jersey |Active | |
Epsilon Sigma
|1961 |Active | |
Epsilon Tau
|1961–2001, 2009 |Stephen F. Austin State University |Active | |
Epsilon Upsilon
|1962–2001 |Inactive | |
Epsilon Phi
|1962 |University of Central Missouri |Active | |
Epsilon Chi
|1963–1974 |Missouri University of Science and Technology |Inactive | |
Epsilon Psi
|1963 |New Jersey Institute of Technology |Active | |
Epsilon Omicron
|1964–1975, 1990–2007 |California State University, Sacramento |Inactive | |
Zeta Alpha
|1964–1989, 2018 |Active | |
Zeta Beta
|1964 |Active | |
Zeta Gamma
|{{dts|1965|2|20}} |Active |[https://www.thetachi.org/zeta-gamma Zeta Gamma chapter of Theta Chi] |
Zeta Delta
|1965–2011 |Inactive | |
Zeta Epsilon
|1965 |California State University, Long Beach |Active | |
Zeta Zeta
| | | |Unassigned | |
Zeta Eta
|1965–1986 |Inactive | |
Zeta Theta
|1966–1985 |Inactive | |
Zeta Iota
|1966–1983 |Inactive | |
Zeta Kappa
|1966 |Active | |
Zeta Lambda
|1966 |Active | |
Zeta Mu
|1966–1973 |American International College |Inactive | |
Zeta Nu
|1967–1973 |Inactive |{{Efn|Chapter went defunct when the school closed in 1973.}} |
Zeta Xi
|1967 |University of California, Davis |Active | |
Zeta Omicron
|1968–1989, 2019 |Active | |
Zeta Pi
|1968 |Active | |
Zeta Rho
|1968–1990, 2011 |Active | |
Zeta Sigma
|1968 |University of Wisconsin–River Falls |Active | |
Zeta Tau
|1968–1973, 1991 |Active | |
Zeta Upsilon
|1969–1972, 1986 |Active |{{Efn|Chapter formed by absorbing Beta Sigma Gamma (local), established in 1965.}} |
Zeta Phi
|1969–1993, 2000 |California Polytechnic State University |San Luis Obispo County, California |Active | |
Zeta Chi
|1970–1973 |Inactive | |
Zeta Psi
|1970–2000, 2014 |Active | |
Zeta Omega
|1970–2005 |Colony |{{Efn|Chapter reformed as a colony in 2024.|name=Colony 2024}} |
Eta Alpha
|1970–2001, 2010, 2018 |Active | |
Eta Beta
|1971 |Active | |
Eta Gamma
|1971 |Active | |
Eta Delta
|1971–2013, 2025 |Active | |
Eta Epsilon
|1971–1973 |Inactive | |
Eta Zeta
|1971–2015 |Colony |{{Efn|name=Colony 2024}} |
Eta Eta
| | | |Unassigned | |
Eta Theta
|1972–1985 |Inactive | |
Eta Iota
|1972 |Active | |
Eta Kappa
|1972–1989, 1995 |Active | |
Eta Lambda
|1972 |Active | |
Eta Mu
|1972 |Active | |
Eta Nu
|1973–2020 |Inactive | |
Eta Xi
|1973–1991 |Inactive |{{Efn|The school closed in 1992.}} |
Eta Omicron
|1973 |Northwestern State University |Active | |
Eta Pi
|1974 |East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania |Active | |
Eta Rho
|1977–2016 |Centenary College of Louisiana |Inactive | |
Eta Sigma
|1977–1997 |Inactive | |
Eta Tau
|1979 |California State University, Stanislaus |Active | |
Eta Upsilon
|1980–1993, 2014 |Active | |
Eta Phi
|1981 |Active | |
Eta Chi
|1982 |Active | |
Eta Psi
|1982–2000, 2012 |University of Alabama at Birmingham |Active | |
Eta Omega
|1982 |California State University, Chico |Active | |
Theta Alpha
|1984–1994 |California State University, Northridge |Inactive | |
Theta Beta
|1986–1998 |Inactive | |
Theta Gamma
|1988–1995 |Inactive | |
Theta Delta
|1986–2001, 2018–2022 |Inactive | |
Theta Epsilon
|1987 |Active | |
Theta Zeta
|1988–2007 |University of North Carolina at Asheville |Inactive | |
Theta Eta
|1989 |Active | |
Theta Theta
| | | |Unassigned | |
Theta Iota
|1989–2019 |University of California, Santa Cruz |Inactive | |
Theta Kappa
|1990 |Active | |
Theta Lambda
|1990–1997 |Inactive | |
Theta Mu
|1990–2003 |California State University, East Bay |Inactive | |
Theta Nu
|1991–2008, 2021 |Active | |
Theta Xi
|1991–2025 |Virginia Commonwealth University |Inactive | |
Theta Omicron
|1992–2013 |Inactive | |
Theta Pi
|1992–1999 |Inactive | |
Theta Rho
|1993 |Active | |
Theta Sigma
|1994–2005 |University of California, Santa Barbara |Inactive | |
Theta Tau
|1994–2004, 2016–2021 |Inactive | |
Theta Upsilon
|1994–1995 |Inactive | |
Theta Phi
|1994–2010 |California State University, Bakersfield |Inactive | |
Theta Chi
|1990 |Grand Chapter Honorary | |Active |{{Efn|The Theta Chi chapter is an honorary chapter, whose members are people not previously initiated into the fraternity, but who have served the fraternity}} |
Theta Psi
|1996–2009 |University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh |Inactive | |
Theta Omega
|1996 |Active | |
Iota Alpha
|1999–2007, 2021 |University of North Carolina Wilmington |Active | |
Iota Beta
|1999 |Active | |
Iota Gamma
|2000 |Grand Valley State University |Active | |
Iota Delta
|2000 |Southeastern Louisiana University |Active | |
Iota Epsilon
|2001–2009 |Inactive | |
Iota Zeta
|2001 |Active | |
Iota Eta
|2005 |Active | |
Iota Theta
|2006 |University of Central Florida |Active | |
Iota Iota
| | | |Unassigned | |
Iota Kappa
|2006 |Active | |
Iota Lambda
|2007 |Active | |
Iota Mu
|2009 |Active | |
Iota Nu
|2010–2020 |Inactive | |
Iota Xi
|2011 |Georgia College & State University |Active | |
Iota Omicron
|2012 |Florida International University |Active | |
Iota Pi
|2012–2024 |Inactive | |
Iota Rho
|2013–2015 |Southern Polytechnic State University |Inactive |{{Efn|Chapter closed when SPSU merged with Kennesaw State.}} |
Iota Sigma
|2013 |Active | |
Iota Tau
|2013 |Active | |
Iota Upsilon
|2014 |Active | |
Iota Phi
|2015 |Active | |
Iota Chi
|2015–2021 |Inactive | |
Iota Psi
|2015 |Rochester Institute of Technology |Active | |
Iota Omega
|2015 |State University of New York at Cortland |Active | |
Kappa Alpha
|2015–2023 |Inactive | |
Kappa Beta
|2016–2022 |Inactive | |
Kappa Gamma
|2016 |Active | |
Kappa Delta
|2016 |University of Texas at El Paso |Active | |
Kappa Epsilon
|2017 |State University of New York at Oswego |Active | |
Kappa Zeta
|2017 |Active | |
Kappa Eta
|2018 |Active | |
Kappa Theta
|2018 |State University of New York at Geneseo |Active | |
Kappa Iota
|2018–2024 |Inactive | |
Kappa Kappa
| | | |Unassigned | |
Kappa Lambda
|2019 |California State University, San Marcos |Active | |
Kappa Mu
|2019–2021 |Point Loma Nazarene University |Inactive | |
Kappa Nu
|2020 |Active | |
Kappa Xi
|2020 |Active | |
Kappa Omicron
|2020 |Active | |
Kappa Pi
|2022 |Active | |
Kappa Rho
|2025 |Active | |
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|Colony |{{Efn|Colony formed 2022.}} |
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