Greek Life Statistics

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A very recent article gives some data for the U of Colorado. Note that the numbers for the fraternities are not yet complete:

http://www.coloradodaily.com/cu-boulder/ci_13597373

Excerpts from much longer article:
Fraternities and sororities at the University of Colorado are booming.

Five years after the Greek system at CU took a hit following the alcohol-poisoning death of a freshman fraternity pledge, nearly 2,000 men and women turned out for fall rush earlier this month.

A record 976 women participated in fall recruitment activities for CU's nine sororities, said Courtney Krebs, a CU senior and the Panhellenic membership recruitment coordinator. Of those, 700 accepted bids to join a house, bringing the total number of sorority sisters at CU to 1,833, she said.

Last fall, there were about 1,200 CU women in sororities, Krebs said.

"It's the biggest, most successful recruitment the University of Colorado has ever had" . . . .

Membership in fraternities is also on the rise. About 940 men attended at least one fall rush activity, said Marc Stine, a Greek advocate who works for the 14 off-campus fraternities. At the end of rush week, 338 men were invited to join a fraternity; another 360 did not receive an invitation, he said. That's 300 more than last year, when 60 potential pledges were turned away, Stine said.

Today, there are 1,184 fraternity brothers in Boulder, a number that will likely increase this week because potential pledges have until Saturday to decide whether to accept the fraternities' invitations, Stine said. That's up from 2006 -- the first year for which Stine has data -- when there were 903. . . .