Among the top 20% of college fraternities in size, Beta Theta Pi was the first to be founded west of the Allegheny Mountains and the first to locate a chapter west of the Mississippi River. The Fraternity was founded August 8, 1839, at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. Today, Beta has some 140 chapters and colonies in Canada and the United States.
Initiated Betas: 165,000
Living Betas: 114,000
Undergraduate membership with pledges: 6,200
Colonies/recolonizations: 8 (Oregon State, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Connecticut, St. Louis, West Chester, Central Florida, Washington State, William and Mary)
[This message has been edited by Miami1839 (edited March 04, 2001).]
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