List of Asian American fraternities and sororities explained

Asian American interest in Greek-lettered organizations began in the early 20th century. After World War II, there was a surge in participation to join these organizations, as college campuses were seeing a rise in multiculturalism. Rho Psi was the first Asian American interest Greek-lettered organization. It was created on the campus of Cornell University in 1916. Since then, there has been growth in these Asian American interest Greek lettered organizations across North America. There are over sixty Asian American interest Greek-lettered organizations, many of which are overseen by the National APIDA Panhellenic Association (NAPA).

Fraternities

Inactive organizations are in italics.

Organization	Symbols	Charter date and range	Founding location	Emphasis	Affiliation	Activechapters	Status	Reference
Alpha Iota Omicron	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΑΙΟ		University of Michigan	South Asians	Independent	2	Active	^[1] ^[2] ^[3]
Alpha Kappa Omega	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΑΚΩ		California State University, East Bay	Asian Americans	Independent	1	Active	^[4]
Alpha Psi Rho	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΑΨΡ		San Diego State University	Pacific Islanders	Independent	4	Active
Alpha Sigma Lambda	ΑΣΛ	– October 2011	California State Polytechnic University, Pomona	Asian Americans	Independent	0	Inactive	^[5]
Beta Chi Theta	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΒΧΘ		University of California, Los Angeles	South Asians	NIC, NAPA (former)	20	Active	^[6]
Beta Kappa Gamma	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΒΚΓ	– after 2015	University of Texas at Austin	South Asians	Independent	0	Inactive	^[7] ^[8]
Beta Pi Phi	ΒΠΦ	– 2018	Temple University	Asian Americans	Independent	0	Inactive	^[9]
Beta Tau Omega	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΒΤΩ		Texas A&M University	Asian Americans	Independent	1	Active	^[10] ^[11]
Beta Upsilon Delta	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΒΥΔ		University of California, Riverside	Multicultural	Independent	1	Active	^[12] ^[13]
Chi Psi Beta	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΧΨΒ		Texas A&M University	South Asians	Independent	1	Active	^[14] ^[15]
Chi Rho Omicron	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΧΡΟ		California State University, Fresno	Filipinos	Independent	10	Active
Chi Sigma Tau	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΧΣΤ		University of Illinois at Chicago	Asian interest	NAPA	10	Active	^[16]
Delta Chi Psi	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΔΧΨ		Temple University	Asian Americans	Independent	1	Active	^[17] ^[18]
Delta Epsilon Psi	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΔΕΨ		University of Texas at Austin	South Asians	NAPA, NIC (former)	16	Active
Delta Sigma Iota	ΔΣΙ		Pennsylvania State University, University Park Campus	South Asians	NAPA	8	Active
Eta Mu Theta	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΗΜΘ		California State University, Chico		Independent	1	Active	^[19]
Gamma Beta	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΓΒ		University of Texas at Austin	Asian Americans	Independent	6	Active	^[20] ^[21] ^[22]
Gamma Epsilon Omega	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΓΕΩ	1963	University of Southern California	Asian interest	Independent	1	Active	^[23] ^[24] ^[25]
Iota Nu Delta	ΙΝΔ		Binghamton University	South Asians	NAPA, NIC	10	Active	^[26]
Kappa Pi Beta	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΚΠΒ		Northern Illinois University	Asian Americans	NAPA	4	Active	^[27] ^[28]
Lambda Alpha Phi	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΛΑΦ		Indiana University Bloomington	Asian Americans	Independent	1	Active	^[29]
Lambda Phi Epsilon	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΛΦΕ		University of California, Los Angeles	Asian Americans	NAPA. NIC (former)	68	Active
Lambda Psi Rho	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΛΨΡ		University of Nevada, Reno	Asian interest	Independent	1	Active	^[30] ^[31]
Lambda Theta Delta	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΛΘΔ		University of California, Irvine	Asian Americans	Independent	1	Active	^[32] ^[33] ^[34]
Nu Alpha Phi	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΝΑΦ		State University of New York at Albany	Asian Americans	Independent	9	Active	^[35] ^[36] ^[37]
Omega Phi Gamma	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΩΦΓ		University of Texas at Austin	Asian Americans	Independent	8	Active
Omega Sigma Tau	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΩΣΤ		University of California, Los Angeles	Asian interest	Independent	1	Active	^[38] ^[39]
Omega Xi Delta	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΩΞΔ	1994	California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo	Asian Americans	Independent	1	Active	^[40]
Phi Delta Sigma	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΦΔΣ		University of Maryland, College Park	Asian Americans	Independent	1	Active	^[41]
Pi Alpha Phi	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΠΑΦ	– August 1, 2023	University of California, Berkeley	Asian Americans	NAPA (former)	0	Inactive
Pi Delta Psi	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΠΔΨ		Binghamton University	Asian Americans	NAPA	18	Active
Psi Chi Omega	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΨΧΩ		University of California, San Diego	Asian Americans	Independent	4	Active	^[42]
Rho Psi	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΡΨ	1916	Cornell University		Independent	2	Active
Sigma Beta Rho	ΣΒΡ			Multicultural		23	Active
Tau Kappa Omega	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΤΚΩ		University of Oklahoma	Asian Americans	Independent	1	Active	^[43] ^[44]
Theta Delta Beta	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΘΔΒ	– 20xx ?	University of California, Irvine	Filipinos	Independent	0	Inactive	^[45] ^[46]
Theta Lambda Beta	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΘΛΒ		University of Illinois, Chicago	Asian Americans	Independent	1	Active	^[47] ^[48] ^[49]
Xi Kappa	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΞΚ		University of Georgia	Asian interest	Independent	3	Active	^[50]
Zeta Epsilon Tau	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΖΕΤ	1971		Asian Americans	Independent	0	Inactive	^[51] ^[52] ^[53]
Zeta Phi Rho	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΖΦΡ		California State University, Long Beach	Multicultural and Asian interest	Independent	7	Active

Sororities

Inactive organizations are in italics.

Organization	Symbols	Charter date and range	Founding location	Emphasis	Affiliation	Active chapters	Status	Reference
Alpha Delta Kappa	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΑΔΚ	1977	University of Southern California	Asian Americans	Independent	1	Active	^[54]
alpha Kappa Delta Phi	αΚΔΦ		University of California, Berkeley	Asian Americans	NAPA	27	Active	^[55]
Alpha Kappa Omicron	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΑΚΟ		San Francisco State University	Filipino Americans	Independent	3	Active	^[56]
Alpha Phi Gamma	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΑΦΓ		California State Polytechnic University, Pomona	Asian Americans	NAPA	14	Active
Alpha Sigma Rho	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΑΣΡ		University of Georgia	Asian American service	NAPA	6	Active
Chi Alpha Delta	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΧΑΔ		University of California, Los Angeles	Asian Americans	Independent	1	Active
Chi Delta Sigma	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΧΔΣ		Washington State University	Asian Americans and Pacific Islander	Independent	2	Active	^[57]
Chi Delta Theta	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΧΔΘ		University of California, Santa Barbara	Asian Americans	Independent	7	Active
Chi Sigma Alpha	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΧΣΑ		University of Washington, Seattle	Asian Americans	Independent	2	Active	^[58]
Delta Chi Lambda	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΔΧΛ		University of Arizona	Asian and Pacific Islander	Independent	3	Active	^[59] ^[60]
Delta Kappa Delta	ΔΚΔ		Texas A&M University	South Asians	NAPA	12	Active
Delta Lambda Chi	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΔΛΧ		University of California, Irvine	Asian interest	Independent	2	Active	^[61] ^[62]
Delta Phi Gamma	ΔΦΓ	– June 2023	University of California, Irvine	Asian interest	Independent	0	Inactive	^[63] ^[64]
Delta Phi Kappa	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΔΦΚ		University of Southern California	Asian Americans	Independent	1	Active	^[65] ^[66]
Delta Phi Lambda	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΔΦΛ		University of Georgia	Southeast Asians	NAPA	26	Active
Delta Phi Omega	ΔΦΩ		University of Houston	South Asians	NAPA	25	Active
Delta Theta Psi	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΔΘΨ		University of Michigan	South Asians	Independent	0	Inactive
Kappa Gamma Delta	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΚΓΔ		Indiana University Bloomington	Asian Americans	Independent	1	Active	^[67]
Kappa Lambda Delta	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΚΛΔ		Texas Christian University	Asian interest	Independent	1	Active	^[68] ^[69]
Kappa Psi Epsilon	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΚΨΕ		California State University, Long Beach	Filipinos	Independent	5	Active	^[70] ^[71]
Kappa Phi Gamma	ΚΦΓ		University of Texas at Austin	South Asians	NAPA	10	Active	^[72]
Kappa Phi Lambda	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΚΦΛ		Binghamton University	Asian interest	NAPA	25	Active
Kappa Zeta Phi	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΚΖΦ		California State University, Los Angeles	Asian Americans	Independent	3	Active
Lambda Delta Psi	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΛΔΨ		University of Oklahoma	Asian interest	Independent	5	Active	^[73] ^[74] ^[75]
Phi Delta Alpha	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΦΔΑ		University of Oklahoma	Asian interest	Independent	2	Active	^[76] ^[77]
Phi Zeta Tau	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΦΖΤ		University of California, Irvine	Asian interest	Independent	1	Active	^[78]
Rho Delta Chi	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΡΔΧ		University of California, Riverside	Asian Americans	Independent	5	Active
Sigma Omicron Pi	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΣΟΠ	1930	San Francisco State University	Asian Americans	NAPA (former)	12	Active
Sigma Phi Omega	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΣΦΩ	1949	University of Southern California	Asian Americans	Interactive	9	Active
Sigma Psi Zeta	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΣΨΖ		University at Albany	Asian Americans	NAPA	20	Active
Sigma Sigma Rho	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΣΣΡ		St. John’s University	South Asians	NAPA	28	Active	^[79]
Theta Kappa Phi	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΘΚΦ		University of California, Los Angeles	Asian interest	Independent	1	Active	^[80] ^[81]

See also

• Cultural interest fraternities and sororities
• List of social fraternities
• List of social sororities and women's fraternities
• National APIDA Panhellenic Association

Notes and References

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