List of Tau Beta Sigma chapters explained

This is a list of chapters and colonies of Tau Beta Sigma (ΤΒΣ), National Honorary Band Sorority. Over 200 chapters of Tau Beta Sigma have been established in the United States since 1946, which are organized into six separate districts.^[1]

Chapters

Chapter	Institution	Location	District	Charter Date	Status
			Southwest		Active
			Southwest		Active
			Midwest		Inactive
			Southwest		Active
			North Central		Active
			Southeast		Inactive
			Southwest		Inactive
			North Central		Active
			Southwest		Active
			Southwest		Inactive
			North Central		Active
			Midwest		Inactive
			Northeast		Inactive
			Southwest		Active
			Western		Active
			Midwest		Inactive
			North Central	April 13, 1975*	Observation
			Western		Inactive
			Southwest		Probation
			Southwest		Inactive
			Midwest		Inactive
			North Central		Active
			Southwest		Active
			Western		Active
			Midwest		Inactive
			Southwest		Inactive
			North Central		Active
			North Central		Observation
			Southwest		Inactive
			Southwest		Inactive
			Southwest		Inactive
			Midwest		Active
			Midwest		Active
			Western		Inactive
			Southwest		Inactive
			Midwest		Inactive
			Southwest		Inactive
			North Central		Active
			Southwest		Active
			Midwest		Inactive
			Midwest		Inactive
			North Central		Inactive
			Midwest		Inactive
			Southwest		Active
			Midwest		Inactive
			Western		Active
			Midwest		Inactive
			Southeast		Active
			Southwest		Inactive
			Southwest		Inactive
			Southwest		Active
			Southwest		Active
			Northeast		Inactive
			Southwest		Active
			Northeast		Active
			Southwest		Inactive
		Delaware, Ohio	North Central		Inactive
Beta Kappa	University of Southern Mississippi		Southeast		Inactive
Beta Lambda	University of New Mexico	Albuquerque, New Mexico	Southwest	May 18, 1957	Inactive
Beta Mu	Baldwin-Wallace College	Berea, Ohio	North Central		Inactive
			Southwest		Active
			Southeast		Active
			Southwest		Probation
			Southeast		Inactive
			Southwest		Inactive
			North Central		Active
			Southeast		Inactive
			Midwest		Inactive
			Southeast		Active
			Northeast		Inactive
			Midwest		Inactive
			Western		Inactive
			Midwest		Inactive
			Western		Inactive
			Western	Jan 6, 1962	Inactive
Gamma Delta	University of Charleston	Charleston, West Virginia	Northeast	Jan 8, 1962	Inactive
Gamma Epsilon	University of Miami	Coral Gables, Florida	Southeast	Feb 17, 1962 Dec 3, 1977*	Active
	Emporia State University	Emporia, Kansas	Midwest		Inactive
			Southeast		Active
			Western		Inactive
			Southwest		Inactive
			Northeast		Active
			Midwest		Inactive
			North Central		Active
			Southwest		Active
			Southwest		Active
			Southwest		Active
			North Central		Inactive
			North Central		Active
			Southwest		Inactive
			Southwest		Active
			Midwest		Inactive
			Southwest		Active
			Northeast		Observation
			Southwest		Inactive
			Northeast		Active
			Southwest		Active
			Northeast		Inactive
			Western		Inactive
			Northeast		Active
			North Central		Active
			Western		Inactive
			Southwest		Probation
			Southeast		Active
			Northeast		Inactive
			Midwest		Active
			Western		Inactive
			Southwest		Inactive
			Northeast		Active
			Midwest		Active
			Northeast		Active
			Southwest		Observation
			Midwest		Inactive
			Southwest		Inactive
			Southwest		Inactive
			Southwest		Active
			Southwest		Active
			Southeast		Inactive
			Midwest		Inactive
			Northeast		Inactive
			Southeast		Active
			Southwest		Active
			Southeast		Inactive
			Northeast		Inactive
			Northeast		Inactive
			Southwest		Inactive
			Southwest	Jan 20, 2006*	Inactive
			Southeast		Active
			North Central		Active
			Western		Active
			Southeast		Observation
			Southwest		Inactive
			North Central		Inactive
			Southeast		Active
			Western		Inactive
			Southwest		Inactive
			Northeast		Active
			Northeast		Active
			Western		Inactive
			Northeast		Inactive
			Southeast		Inactive
			Southeast		Inactive
			Southwest		Active
			Northeast		Active
			North Central		Active
			Southeast		Active
			North Central		Inactive
			Midwest		Active
			North Central		Active
			Southwest		Inactive
			Midwest		Inactive
			Southwest		Inactive
			Southeast		Active
			Southeast		Observation
			Southeast		Inactive
			Southwest		Active
			Midwest		Active
			Western		Probation
			Northeast		Active
			Southeast		September 30, 1979 March 23, 2022*	Active
			North Central		Active
			North Central		Inactive
			Southeast		Active
			Northeast		Active
			Southwest		Active
			Northeast		Inactive
			Southeast		Active
			Midwest		Active
			Northeast		Active
			Southeast		Active
			Northeast		Active
			Northeast		Active
			Southwest		Probation
			North Central		Active
			North Central		Active
			Midwest		Inactive
			Northeast		Inactive
			Southwest		Inactive
			Southeast		Active
			Midwest		Inactive
			Southwest		Observation
			Southeast		Inactive
			Southeast		Active
			Southwest		Probation
			Northeast		Active
			Northeast		Active
			Southwest		Inactive
			Southeast		Inactive
			Southeast		Active
			Northeast		Active
			Northeast		Active
			Western		Observation
			Southeast		Active
			Southwest		Inactive
			Southeast		Active
			Western		Probation
			North Central		Inactive
			Southeast		Active
			Western		Inactive
			Southwest		Active
			Southeast		Inactive
			Southeast		Inactive
			Southeast		Active
			Midwest		Active
			Southeast		Inactive
			Midwest		Active
			Southeast		Probation
			Northeast		Inactive
			Southeast		Active
			Southeast		Active
			Southwest		Inactive
			Southeast		Active
			Northeast		Active
			Southeast		Inactive
			North Central		Inactive
			Southeast		Inactive
			Northeast		Active
			Southwest		Inactive
			Southeast	January 11, 2004 April 19, 2024*	Active
			Southeast		Inactive
			North Central		Active
			Southeast		Active
			Southeast		Inactive
			Southeast		Inactive
			Southwest		Inactive
			Northeast		Active
			Southeast		Active
			Southeast		Active
			Southeast		Observation
			Southeast		Inactive
			Southeast		Active
			Northeast		Observation
			Southeast		Inactive
			Southeast		Inactive
			Southwest		Inactive
			Southeast		Inactive
			Southeast		Active
			Southeast		Active
			Southeast		Active
			North Central		Observation
			Northeast		Active
			Southeast		Active
			Southeast		Active

Notes:

• An asterisk (*) next to a charter date indicates that the chapter was re-chartered on that date.

Districts

Chapters and colonies of Tau Beta Sigma are organized into seven districts, six of which are named for the geographical region of the United States that they represent. These are the North Central, Northeast, Midwest, Southeast, Southwest, and Western Districts.^[2]

• North Central District: Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin
• Northeast District: Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia
• Midwest District: Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming
• Southeast District: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee
• Southwest District: Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas
• Western District: Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington

The seventh district is a de jure "International District" which would contain any chapter located outside of the United States, but there are no international chapters and therefore no practical International District.

Each chapter is automatically a member of the district its state is located in, unless it appeals to the National Council to join a neighboring district.^[3] No chapters of Tau Beta Sigma have changed districts.

References

1. Book: Tau Beta Sigma . Nick . Smith . Guide to Membership Education, 2011–2013 Edition . PDF . 2011 . Kappa Kappa Psi/Tau Beta Sigma . Stillwater, OK . 96–100 . Directory of Tau Beta Sigma Chapters . 2011-10-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120425120007/http://www.kkytbs.org/forms/TBSGuideToMembership.pdf . 2012-04-25 . dead .
2. Tau Beta Sigma Const., 5.101.
3. Tau Beta Sigma Const. 5.103.