List of Triangle chapters

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Triangle is an engineering fraternity that was established at the University of Illinois in 1907.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z1vOAAAAMAAJ&q=triangle |title=Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities |date=1927 |publisher=George Banta Publishing Company |editor-last=Shepardson |editor-first=Francis W. |edition=11th |location=Menasha, Wisconsin |page=233 |language=en |via=Google Books}}

Chapters

In the following list, active chapters are indicated in bold and inactive chapters are indicated in italics.{{cite web |year=2015 |title=Active Chapters & Colonies |url=http://triangle.org/chapters/active/ |accessdate=2015-05-10 |publisher=Triangle Fraternity}}Lurding, Carroll and Becque, Fran. (May 2, 2023) "[https://uofi.app.box.com/v/mens-pdf-folder/file/459790438330 Triange]". [https://www.library.illinois.edu/slc/welcome/fraternity-sorority-almanac/ Almanac of Fraternities and Sororities]. Urbana: University of Illinois. Accessed June 12, 2023.{{Cite web |title=Our Chapters |url=https://www.triangle.org/our-chapters/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Triangle Fraternity |language=en-US}}

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Chapter

! Symbol

! Charter date and range

! Institution

!Location

!Status

!Reference

Illinois

| ill

| {{DTS|April 15, 1907}}

| University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

| Champaign, Illinois

|Active

|

Purdue

| pur

| {{DTS|April 8, 1909}}

| Purdue University

| West Lafayette, Indiana

|Active

|{{Efn|Chapter formed from the Transit Club, established in 1908.}}

Ohio State

| os

| {{DTS|February 2, 1911}}

| Ohio State University

| Columbus, Ohio

|Active

|{{Efn|Chapter formed from the Transit Club, established in 1907.}}

Wisconsin

| wis

| {{DTS|February 7, 1913}}

| University of Wisconsin–Madison

| Madison, Wisconsin

|Active

|{{Efn|Chapter formed from the Civil Engineers Club, established in 1912.}}

Kentucky

| ky

| {{DTS|October 31, 1920}} – 1983;
2005

| University of Kentucky

| Lexington, Kentucky

|Active

|{{Efn|Chapter formed from the Kentucky Engineers Club, established in 1920. After going dormant, it reformed as a colony in 2004.}}

Cincinnati

| cin

| {{DTS|August 6, 1921}} – 2005;
2014

| University of Cincinnati

| Cincinnati, Ohio

|Active

|{{Efn|Chapter formed from the Civil Engineer Men, established in 1920. After going dormant, it reformed as a colony in 2010.}}

Iowa

| ia

| {{DTS|May 7, 1922}} – 1948

| University of Iowa

| Iowa City, Iowa

|Inactive

|{{Efn|Chapter formed from the S.R.S. Club.}}

Minnesota

| minn

| {{DTS|October 29, 1922}}

| University of Minnesota

| Minneapolis, Minnesota

|Active

|{{Efn|Chapter formed from Chi Sigma Tau, established in 1921.}}

Armour

| ar

| {{DTS|May 26, 1923}}

| Illinois Institute of Technology

| Chicago, Illinois

|Active

|{{Efn|Chapter formed from Scroll & Triangle, established in 1921 at the Armour Institute of Technology. Armour later became the Illinois Institute of Technology.}}

Missouri

| mo

| {{DTS|October 25, 1924}} – 1933

| University of Missouri

| Columbia, Missouri

|Inactive

|{{Efn|Chapter formed from Alpha Epsilon Rho.}}

Michigan

| mich

| {{DTS|February 21, 1925}} – 1971;
1975–1995;
2007

| University of Michigan

| Ann Arbor, Michigan

|Active

|{{Efn|Chapter formed from Quad L, established in 1924.}}

Kansas

| kan

| {{DTS|January 8, 1927}}

| University of Kansas

| Lawrence, Kansas

|Active

|{{Efn|Chapter formed from Gamma Epsilon.}}

Missouri Mines

| mom

| {{DTS|December 10, 1927}}

| Missouri University of Science and Technology

| Rolla, Missouri

|Active

|{{Efn|Chapter formed from the Grubstakers Club, established in 1902, at the Missouri School of Mines. The School of Mines later became the Missouri University of Science and Technology.}}

Penn State

| ps

| {{DTS|March 3, 1928}}

| Pennsylvania State University

| State College, Pennsylvania

|Active

|{{Efn|Chapter formed from Sigma Epsilon, established in 1925.}}

South Dakota Mines

| sdm

| {{DTS|September 27, 1930}}

| South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

| Rapid City, South Dakota

|Active

|{{Efn|Chapter formed from Phi Kappa Phi, established in 1921.}}

Northwestern

| nu

| {{DTS|May 25, 1935}} – 1987

| Northwestern University

| Evanston, Illinois

|Inactive

|{{Efn|Chapter formed from Kappa Phi Gamma, established in 1926.}}

Marquette

| marq

| {{DTS|April 24, 1937}} – 2019;
2021

| Marquette University

| Milwaukee, Wisconsin

|Active

|{{Efn|Chapter formed from Gamma Theta Pi, established in 1922.}}

Louisville

| lou

| {{DTS|March 22, 1941}}

| University of Louisville

| Louisville, Kentucky

|Active

|{{Efn|Chapter formed from the Pyramid Club, established in 1926.}}

Cornell

| cor

| {{DTS|April 18, 1942}} – 1985

| Cornell University

| Ithaca, New York

|Inactive

|{{Efn|Chapter formed from C.E.M., a local fraternity.}}

Michigan State

| msu

| January 8, 1955

| Michigan State University

| East Lansing, Michigan

|Active

|{{Efn|Chapter formed from the Triangle Club, established in 1953.}}

Clarkson

| cl

| {{DTS|November 16, 1957}} – 1970

| Clarkson University

| Potsdam, New York

|Inactive

|

UCLA

| ucla

| {{DTS|December 7, 1957}}

| University of California, Los Angeles

| Los Angeles, California

|Active

|{{Efn|Chapter formed from the Triangle Club, established in 1956.}}

Nebraska

| neb

| {{DTS|March 16, 1963}} – 2011;
2016

| University of Nebraska–Lincoln

| Lincoln, Nebraska

|Colony

|

Iowa State

| is

| {{DTS|April 25, 1964}} – 2011;
2018

| Iowa State University

| Ames, Iowa

|Active

|

Kansas State

| ks

| {{DTS|September 7, 1964}} – 2019

| Kansas State University

| Manhattan, Kansas

|Inactive

|

Oklahoma State

| oks

| {{DTS|November 21, 1964}} – 1995

| Oklahoma State University

| Stillwater, Oklahoma

|Inactive

|

M.S.O.E.

| msoe

| {{DTS|January 23, 1965}}

| Milwaukee School of Engineering

| Milwaukee, Wisconsin

|Active

|{{Efn|Chapter formed from Delta Alpha Epsilon, established in 1964.}}

R.I.T.

| rit

| {{DTS|February 4, 1967}} – 2010

| Rochester Institute of Technology

| Rochester, New York

|Inactive

|

Colorado State

| csu

| {{DTS|May 27, 1967}} – 2006;
2012

| Colorado State University

| Fort Collins, Colorado

|Active

|

Rose Tech

| rose

| {{DTS|May 4, 1968}}

| Rose–Hulman Institute of Technology

| Terre Haute, Indiana

|Active

|

Colorado

| colo

| {{DTS|April 26, 1969}} – 1972

| University of Colorado at Boulder

| Boulder, Colorado

|Inactive

|

Pitt

| pitt

| April 4, 1970 – 2001;
2007

| University of Pittsburgh

| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

|Active

|

UWM

| uwm

| {{DTS|April 11, 1970}}

| University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

| Milwaukee, Wisconsin

|Active

|{{Efn|Chapter formed by absorbing Sigma Delta Omega, established in 1956.}}

Toledo

| tol

| {{DTS|May 22, 1971}}

| University of Toledo

| Toledo, Ohio

|Active

|

Mississippi State

| miss

| {{DTS|November 11, 1972}} – 1987

| Mississippi State University

| Starkville, Mississippi

|Inactive

|

Oklahoma

| ok

| {{DTS|November 18, 1979}} – 2024

| University of Oklahoma

| Norman, Oklahoma

|Inactive

|

Virginia Tech

| vpi

| {{DTS|April 19, 1980}} – 1996;
2015

|Virginia Tech

| Blacksburg, Virginia

|Colony

|{{Cite web |title=Triangle Fraternity- Virginia Tech Colony |url=https://fsl.vt.edu/content/fsl_vt_edu/en/organizations/chapters/Triangle.html |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=fsl.vt.edu |language=en}}

Connecticut

| conn

| {{DTS|March 27, 1982}} – 1998

| University of Connecticut

| Storrs, Connecticut

|Inactive

|

U.T.A.

| uta

| {{DTS|September 27, 1986}} – 2000

| University of Texas at Arlington

| Arlington, Texas

|Inactive

|

T.A.M.U.

| tamu

| {{DTS|April 9, 1988}} – 1999;
2007–2009

| Texas A&M University

| College Station, Texas

|Inactive

|

Michigan Tech

| mtu

| {{DTS|April 16, 1988}} – 2006;
2012

| Michigan Technological University

| Houghton, Michigan

|Active

|

T.S.U.

| tsu

| {{DTS|April 15, 1989}} – 2008

| Trine University

| Angola, Indiana

|Inactive

|{{Efn|Chapter formed from Nu Pi, established in 1981, at Tri-State University. Tri-State later became Trine University.}}

Akron

| akr

| {{DTS|November 2, 1991}} – 1997

| University of Akron

| Akron, Ohio

|Inactive

|

Northern Illinois

| niu

| {{DTS|October 9, 1993}} – 2006

| Northern Illinois University

| DeKalb, Illinois

|Inactive

|

Maryland B.C.

| umbc

| {{DTS|June 4, 2005}} – 2019

| University of Maryland, Baltimore County

| Catonsville, Maryland

|Inactive

|

Houston

| hou

| {{DTS|April 19, 2008}} – 2019

| University of Houston

| Houston, Texas

|Inactive

|

UC Berkeley

| cal

| {{DTS|April 24, 2010}} – 2016

| University of California, Berkeley

| Berkeley, California

|Inactive

|

UCSan Diego

| ucsd

| {{DTS|February 11, 2011}}

| University of California, San Diego

| San Diego California

|Active

|

UNC Charlotte

| char

| {{DTS|April 30, 2011}}

| University of North Carolina at Charlotte

| Charlotte, North Carolina

|Active

|

Cal Poly Pomona

| cpp

| {{DTS|May 7, 2011}}

| California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

| Pomona, California

|Active

|

UCI

| uci

| {{DTS|September 29, 2012}}

| University of California, Irvine

| Irvine, California

|Active

|

Florida Atlantic

| fau

| {{DTS|September 7, 2013}} – 2019

| Florida Atlantic University

| Boca Raton, Florida

|Inactive

|

Penn State Behrend

| psb

| {{DTS|February 28, 2015}}

| Penn State Erie, The Behrend College

| Erie Pennsylvania

|Active

|

Virginia Commonwealth

| vcu

| {{DTS|April 11, 2015}}

| Virginia Commonwealth University

| Richmond Virginia

|Active

|

Utah

| utah

| {{DTS|April 25, 2015}}

| University of Utah

| Salt Lake City, Utah

|Active

|

Clemson

| clem

| {{DTS|April 8, 2017}}

| Clemson University

| Clemson, South Carolina

|Active

|

Washington

| uw

| {{DTS|May 21, 2022}}

| University of Washington

| Seattle, Washington

|Active

|

Washington State

|wsu

|

|Washington State University

|Pullman, Washington

|Colony

|

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Statistics

=New chapters by decade=

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Decade

! Total

! New Chapters

1907–1909

| 2

| 5px 5px

1910–1919

| 2

| 5px 5px

1920–1929

| 10

| 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px

1930–1939

| 3

| |5px 5px 5px

1940–1949

| 2

| 5px 5px

1950–1959

| 3

| 5px 5px 5px

1960–1969

| 9

| 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px

1970–1979

| 5

| 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px

1980–1989

| 6

| 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px

1990–1999

| 2

| 5px 5px

2000–2009

| 2

| 5px 5px

2010–2019

| 10

| 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px

2020–present (as of 2023)

| 1

| 5px

=Chapters by region=

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Region

! Total

! Chapters

Northeast

| align="center" | 7

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Midwest

| align="center" | 27

| 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px

South

| align="center" | 14

| 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px

West

| align="center" | 8

| 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px 5px

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References

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