biggest fraternities?

[TylerG18]

I've been searching and I can't find the membership numbers anywhere. Can somebody help? I tried looking through the threads but there are too many returned to sort through them all (over 300).

[TSteven]

Some excellent resources are as follows.

Note: Numbers change and are only as current as reported by the organizations and often may be simple rough estimates.

Ariesrising's The Greek Info Pages

Fraternity Executives Association's Stats - Number of Initiates

[Tom Earp]

As TSteven said, most of the Large GLOs status change and is hard to keep up with.

When you look at some of the largest, LXA, SPE, TKE, SX PKA, etal, are ever expanding.

LXA and TKE are both on a two pronged front:

1. Re Chartering.

2. Opening in new Territory.

TKE did just affiliate with a Local at Central Methodist in Mo. I passed it along to My IHQ.

I can relate back to the 60s when the Major IFC GLOs were not expanding except LXA and TKE. Since then, expansion has become of a thing to stay alive. Lose 1-2-3-4 and not replace, well draw your own conclusion.

The Union Triad were the worst and are finally realizing, Hey, we better do something soon.

Life changes, change or die.

[Firehouse]

TKE has the most chapters;
SPE has the largest number of undergrads;
SAE has the largest alumni body with 260,000+;
PiKA has the largest average chapter size;
DKE has the largest endowment;
Sigma Chi is the most well known;
Kappa Sigma is the oldest (they claim 1400 a.d.);
Lambda Chi has the best risk management program;
Beta Theta Pi places the greatest emphasis on scholarship;
Phi Delts are traditionally the athletes;
Delta Tau Delta chapters tend to have the most spectacular websites (trust me);
Phi Kappa Psi maintains the most traditional symbolism;
Delta Psi is the most secretive;
Delta Upsilon is the least secretive;
Fiji has the best social traditions;
Kappa Alpha is the most iconic;
Pi Kappa Phi is the most involved with their philanthropy;
Sigma Nu is most identified with military symbolism;
ATO has the best high-tech national website;
Phi Kappa Tau has the best looking line of gear and sportswear;
Sigma Pi owns the most beautiful fraternity house (Penn State);
Delta Chi is the only fraternity founded by lawyers;
Chi Psi has the most unique tradition: one of the Founders was hanged at sea when he refused to reveal fraternity secrets;
I'm sure I've left some out and I apologize for that. Every established national fraternity enjoys a rich tradition and heritage unique to them.

[roqueemae]

Originally posted by Firehouse
TKE has the most chapters;
SPE has the largest number of undergrads;
SAE has the largest alumni body with 260,000+;
PiKA has the largest average chapter size;
DKE has the largest endowment;
Sigma Chi is the most well known;
Kappa Sigma is the oldest (they claim 1400 a.d.);
Lambda Chi has the best risk management program;
Beta Theta Pi places the greatest emphasis on scholarship;
Phi Delts are traditionally the athletes;
Delta Tau Delta chapters tend to have the most spectacular websites (trust me);
Phi Kappa Psi maintains the most traditional symbolism;
Delta Psi is the most secretive;
Delta Upsilon is the least secretive;
Fiji has the best social traditions;
Kappa Alpha is the most iconic;
Pi Kappa Phi is the most involved with their philanthropy;
Sigma Nu is most identified with military symbolism;
ATO has the best high-tech national website;
Phi Kappa Tau has the best looking line of gear and sportswear;
Sigma Pi owns the most beautiful fraternity house (Penn State);
Delta Chi is the only fraternity founded by lawyers;
Chi Psi has the most unique tradition: one of the Founders was hanged at sea when he refused to reveal fraternity secrets;
I'm sure I've left some out and I apologize for that. Every established national fraternity enjoys a rich tradition and heritage unique to them.

I think that is a nice tribute (blows kisses)

[DolphinChicaDDD]

Originally posted by TSteven
Fraternity Executives Association's Stats - Number of Initiates

hehe, it says the Pi Kappa Alpha has half of an initiate: 109,322.5

and all you Phi Sigs and Alpha Sigma Taus who are posting here are zombies, cause you have no living initiaties.

eta: overall, the site is very informative, thanks for posting it TSteven. those parts just made me laugh.

[DeltaSigStan]

Originally posted by Firehouse

I'm sure I've left some out and I apologize for that. Every established national fraternity enjoys a rich tradition and heritage unique to them.

Sure.....................like Delta Sigma Phi?

[honeychile]

Originally posted by DolphinChicaDDD
hehe, it says the Pi Kappa Alpha has half of an initiate: 109,322.5

I think I was pinned to him for a few months when I was in school...

[blueGBI]

Originally posted by Firehouse

Sigma Pi owns the most beautiful fraternity house (Penn State);
.

I have to say, he's right. I've been inside of it and yeah, its hot.

[PSUSigKap]

i LOOOOOOOOOOOOVEEEEEEEEEE the Sig Pi house at Penn State. I was friends with a couple of the brothers so I got to go over there a bunch. It was my favorite fraternity house at PSU, though the ATO house isn't too shabby either.

[Firehouse]

Sure, DeltaSigStan, you're right...I was going fast and I left out Delta Sig, Theta Chi and some others.
Delta Sig has the most exotic esoteria: the Nile, the Sphinx and all that;
Theta Chi's badge was once voted most beautiful by the NPC (and, in my opinion, Theta Chi has the coolest crest);
Psi Upsilon is unique in that in addition to the national coat-of-arms, each chapter designs their own version of the fraternity crest, changing the colors and adding symbols within an approved heraldric framework;

[roqueemae]

Its like the NPC Sorority Challenge but for NIC!

http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...rity+challenge

[RACooper]

Originally posted by Firehouse
Chi Psi has the most unique tradition: one of the Founders was hanged at sea when he refused to reveal fraternity secrets.

Philip Spencer (son of the Secretary of War - John C. Spencer) -
Last person hung on a US Naval ship... and I thought it was for muntiny...

An interesting case for those of us that have studied some military law and practice.

[Firehouse]

Tom, as I understand it - and we'd have to get a member of Chi Psi to set us straight - the captain was a paranoid sort who suspected mutiny and went plundering through the personal effects and papers of his officers. He discovered on young Midshipman Spencer a sealed box containing a coded list of names on a slip of paper. Spencer refused to reveal that they were in fact the names of his Chi Psi Fraternity brothers, and he was hanged because the Captain was convinced they were the names of mutineers.
Fraternities were mush more secretive then that we are today, but even for the 1850s this sounds extreme. I must say that you've got to hand it to a fellow who will give it up for the Lodge.

[PhiPsiRuss]

Originally posted by Firehouse
DKE has the largest endowment;

Are you sure? I don't think that they are even in the top 5.