Minimum campus enrollment?

[DannyM]

I have a son who's starting to look around at colleges, and he's somewhat interested in one school (I won't say which, at least not right away) that has some numbers that are alarming to me. I was Greek in college, but the school I was at was somewhat larger than this one. Most people would have still considered it a small school. And the presence of a Greek system, in my opinion, had some unhealthy effects; it really tended to overwhelm just about every other aspect of campus social life, isolated Greeks from non-Greeks and vice versa, and pervaded most aspects of personal relationships. That's not to say that the Greek system there didn't have its strong points; it did. But I can easily imagine that a school that's even smaller might be plagued by these problems to an even greater degree, so naturally I'm a little concerned about my son's possible choice of school (it's nowhere near certain).

So, I'd like to get some opinions on this. What do you think is the smallest enrollment a college can have and still have a healthy Greek system -- and by "healthy" I mean for both Greeks and non-Greeks? I'm particularly interested in the opinions of those who have had a few years to put their college experience in perspective, but welcome all responses.

Also, I've looked around the Internet trying to find some opinions from national Greek organizations regarding this issue but haven't seen any. Have any of those organizations developed any opinions about this and stated them publicly?

Thanks,

Danny Martinez