List of Kappa Tau Alpha chapters explained

Kappa Tau Alpha is an American college honor society for journalism and mass communication. In the following list of its chapters, active chapters are indicated in bold and inactive chapters are in italics.^{[1] [2]}

Chapter	Institution	Charter date and order	Location	Status	References
	University of Missouri	1910	Columbia, Missouri	Active	^[3]
	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	1925	Urbana, Illinois	Active
	Ohio University	1930	Athens, Ohio	Active
	West Virginia University	1930	Morgantown, West Virginia	Active
	Marquette University	1931	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Active
	Southern Methodist University	1931	Dallas, Texas	Active
	University of Colorado Boulder	1933	Boulder, Colorado	Active
	Ohio State University	1936	Columbus, Ohio	Active
	University of Iowa	1936	Iowa City, Iowa	Active
	University of Nebraska–Lincoln	1947	Lincoln, Nebraska	Active	^[4]
	University of Minnesota	1948	Saint Paul, Minnesota	Active
	Northwestern University	1949	Evanston, Illinois	Active
	University of Georgia	1949	Athens, Georgia	Active
	University of Florida	1951	Gainesville, Florida	Active
	University of Oklahoma	1951	Norman, Oklahoma	Active
	University of Utah	1951	Salt Lake City, Utah	Active
	Brigham Young University	1952	Provo, Utah	Active
	University of Tennessee	1952	Knoxville, Tennessee	Active
Douglas A. Anderson	Pennsylvania State University	1955	University Park, Pennsylvania	Active	^[5]
	San Jose State University	1955–202x ?	San Jose, California	Inactive	^[6]
	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	1955	Chapel Hill, North Carolina	Active
	Michigan State University	1956	East Lansing, Michigan	Active
	University of Nevada, Reno	1956	Reno, Nevada	Active
	Oklahoma State University–Stillwater	1959	Stillwater, Oklahoma	Active
	University of Oregon	1960	Eugene, Oregon	Active
	University of Maryland, College Park	1961	College Park, Maryland	Active
Olin Hinkle	University of Texas at Austin	1961	Austin, Texas	Active	^[7]
	Duquesne University	1962	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Active
	South Dakota State University	1962	Brookings, South Dakota	Active
	American University	1966	Washington, D.C.	Active
	LIU Brooklyn	1967	Brooklyn, New York City, New York	Active
	Texas Tech University	1967	Lubbock, Texas	Active
Elmer Beth	University of Kansas	1967	Lawrence, Kansas	Active	^[8]
	Ball State University	1968	Muncie, Indiana	Active
	University of South Carolina	1968	Columbia, South Carolina	Active
	California State University, Northridge	1970	Northridge, Los Angeles, California	Active
	University of Arizona	1970	Tucson, Arizona	Active
	Bowling Green State University	1971	Bowling Green, Ohio	Active
	Drake University	1971	Des Moines, Iowa	Active
	San Diego State University	1972	San Diego, California	Active
	University of North Texas	1972	Denton, Texas	Active
	University of Memphis	1973	Memphis, Tennessee	Active
	St. Bonaventure University	1974	St. Bonaventure, New York	Active
	Temple University	1974	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Active
	University of Alabama	1974	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	Active
	California State University, Long Beach	1975	Long Beach, California	Active
	Syracuse University	1977	Syracuse, New York	Active
	University of Arkansas at Little Rock	1977	Little Rock, Arkansas	Active
	University of South Florida	1977	Sarasota, Florida	Active
	Louisiana State University	1978	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	Active
	University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa	1978	Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaii	Active
	University of Mississippi	1978	University, Mississippi	Active
	Virginia Commonwealth University	1978	Richmond, Virginia	Active
	Texas Christian University	1979	Fort Worth, Texas	Active
David J. Lippert	University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh	1979	Oshkosh, Wisconsin	Active	^[9]
	Arkansas State University	1981	Jonesboro, Arkansas	Active
	Hampton University	1981	Hampton, Virginia	Active
	University of Central Oklahoma	1981	Edmond, Oklahoma	Active
	Western Kentucky University	1981	Bowling Green, Kentucky	Active
	Eastern Illinois University	1983	Charleston, Illinois	Active
	Eastern Kentucky University	1983	Richmond, Kentucky	Active
	Northern Illinois University	1983	DeKalb, Illinois	Active
Charles Arrendell	University of Texas at Arlington	1984	Arlington, Texas	Active	^[10]
	California State University, Fullerton	1985	Fullerton, California	Active
	Abilene Christian University	1986	Abilene, Texas	Active
Michael Bugeja	Iowa State University	1986	Ames, Iowa	Active	^[11]
	Northeastern University	1986	Boston, Massachusetts	Active
	Virginia Tech	1986	Blacksburg, Virginia	Active
	California State University, Fresno	1987	Fresno, California	Active
	Kent State University	1990	Kent, Ohio	Active	^[12]
	Loyola University New Orleans	1990	New Orleans, Louisiana	Active
	University of Massachusetts Amherst	1990	Amherst, Massachusetts	Active	^[13]
	University of Southern Mississippi	1990	Hattiesburg, Mississippi	Active
	Winthrop University	1990	Rock Hill, South Carolina	Active
	Murray State University	1991	Murray, Kentucky	Active
	Florida International University	1993	Miami, Florida	Active
	Baylor University	1996	Waco, Texas	Active
	Florida A&M University	1996	Tallahassee, Florida	Active
	Colorado State University	1997	Fort Collins, Colorado	Active
	Texas State University	1997	San Marcos, Texas	Active
	Samford University	1999	Homewood, Alabama	Active
	Nicholls State University	1998	Thibodaux, Louisiana	Active
	University of Tennessee at Chattanooga	1999	Chattanooga, Tennessee	Active
	Texas A&M University	19xx ?–xxxx ?	College Station, Texas	Inactive
	University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire	19xx ?–20xx ?	Eau Claire, Wisconsin	Active
	University of Central Florida	2001	Orlando, Florida	Inactive
	Rutgers University–New Brunswick	2003	New Brunswick and Piscataway, New Jersey	Active
	Saint Michael's College	2003	Colchester, Vermont	Active	^[14]
	Arizona State University	2006	Tempe, Arizona	Active
	University of Nebraska Omaha	2006	Omaha, Nebraska	Active	^[15]
	North Carolina A&T State University	2007	Greensboro, North Carolina	Active
	University of Nevada, Las Vegas	2007	Las Vegas, Nevada	Active
	Middle Tennessee State University	2010	Murfreesboro, Tennessee	Active
	University of Miami	2010	Coral Gables, Florida	Active
	Indiana University Bloomington	2011	Bloomington, Indiana	Active
Robert W. Dardenne	University of South Florida St. Petersburg	2012	St. Petersburg, Florida	Active	^[16]
	Iona University	2015	New Rochelle, New York	Active
	Linfield University	2017	McMinnville, Oregon	Active
	Southern Illinois University Carbondale	2019	Carbondale, Illinois	Active
Louise Benjamin	Kansas State University	2021	Manhattan, Kansas	Active	^[17]
	Elon University	2022	Elon, North Carolina	Active
	Western Washington University	2024	Bellingham, Washington	Active	^[18]

Notes and References

1. Web site: January 9, 2012 . Kappa Tau Alpha Honor Society Chapters . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120414193716/http://www.achsnatl.org/SocResults.asp?Society=kta . April 14, 2012 . 2024-08-21 . Association of College Honor Societies . web.archive.org.
2. Web site: Chapters . 2024-08-21 . Kappa Tau Alpha . en-US.
3. Web site: 2024 . Kappa Tau Alpha – Missouri School of Journalism . 2024-08-21 . University of Missouri . en-US.
4. Web site: May 6, 2022 . Huskers inducted into journalism honor society College of Journalism and Mass Communications . 2024-08-21 . University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
5. Web site: Kappa Tau Alpha - Bellisario College of Communications at Penn State . 2024-08-21 . Pennsylvania State University . en.
6. Web site: Chapters . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20200217061840/https://www.kappataualpha.net/chapters/ . February 17, 2020 . 2024-08-21 . Kappa Tau Alpha . web.archive.org.
7. Web site: Kappa Tau Alpha Honors Society School of Journalism and Media . 2024-08-21 . University of Texas at Austin . en.
8. Web site: Kappa Tau Alpha Honor Society . 2024-08-21 . University of Kansas . en.
9. Web site: Kappa Tau Alpha - UW Oshkosh Department of Journalism . 2024-08-21 . University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh . en-US.
10. Web site: Kappa Tau Alpha - Journalism Honor Society MavEngage . 2024-08-21 . University of Texas at Arlington.
11. Web site: Kappa Tau Alpha Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication . 2024-08-21 . Iowa State University . en-US.
12. Web site: Kappa Tau Alpha . 2024-08-21 . Kent State University . en.
13. Web site: Kappa Tau Alpha : Journalism . 2024-08-21 . UMass Amherst.
14. Web site: Kappa Tau Alpha - Media Studies . 2024-08-21 . Saint Michael's College . en-US.
15. Web site: 2024-05-06 . Kappa Tau Alpha Honor Society College of Communication, Fine Arts and Media . 2024-08-21 . University of Nebraska Omaha . en.
16. Web site: Kappa Tau Alpha Journalism and Digital Communication College of Arts and Sciences . 2024-08-21 . University of South Florida.
17. Web site: May 5, 2021 . Kappa Tau Alpha journalism and mass communications honor society inducts inaugural class at K-State . 2024-08-21 . Kansas State University . en-US.
18. Web site: 2024-06-10 . Western becomes newest member of Kappa Tau Alpha journalism honors society WWU News Western Washington University . 2024-08-21 . Western Washington University . en.