List of Triangle chapters explained

Triangle is an engineering fraternity that was established at the University of Illinois in 1907.^[1]

Chapters

In the following list, active chapters are indicated in bold and inactive chapters are indicated in italics.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Chapter	Symbol	Charter date and range	Institution	Location	Status	Reference
Illinois	ill		University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign	Champaign, Illinois	Active
Purdue	pur		Purdue University	West Lafayette, Indiana	Active
Ohio State	os		Ohio State University	Columbus, Ohio	Active
Wisconsin	wis		University of Wisconsin–Madison	Madison, Wisconsin	Active
Kentucky	ky	– 1983; 2005	University of Kentucky	Lexington, Kentucky	Active
Cincinnati	cin	– 2005; 2014	University of Cincinnati	Cincinnati, Ohio	Active
Iowa	ia	– 1948	University of Iowa	Iowa City, Iowa	Inactive
Minnesota	minn		University of Minnesota	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Active
Armour	ar		Illinois Institute of Technology	Chicago, Illinois	Active
Missouri	mo	– 1933	University of Missouri	Columbia, Missouri	Inactive
Michigan	mich	– 1971; 1975–1995; 2007	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, Michigan	Active
Kansas	kan		University of Kansas	Lawrence, Kansas	Active
Missouri Mines	mom			Rolla, Missouri	Active
Penn State	ps		Pennsylvania State University	State College, Pennsylvania	Active
South Dakota Mines	sdm		South Dakota School of Mines and Technology	Rapid City, South Dakota	Active
Northwestern	nu	– 1987	Northwestern University	Evanston, Illinois	Inactive
Marquette	marq	– 2019; 2021	Marquette University	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Active
Louisville	lou		University of Louisville	Louisville, Kentucky	Active
Cornell	cor	– 1985	Cornell University	Ithaca, New York	Inactive
Michigan State	msu	January 8, 1955	Michigan State University	East Lansing, Michigan	Active
Clarkson	cl	– 1970	Clarkson University	Potsdam, New York	Inactive
UCLA	ucla		University of California, Los Angeles	Los Angeles, California	Active
Nebraska	neb	– 2011; 2016	University of Nebraska–Lincoln	Lincoln, Nebraska	Colony
Iowa State	is	– 2011; 2018	Iowa State University	Ames, Iowa	Active
Kansas State	ks	– 2019	Kansas State University	Manhattan, Kansas	Inactive
Oklahoma State	oks	– 1995	Oklahoma State University	Stillwater, Oklahoma	Inactive
M.S.O.E.	msoe		Milwaukee School of Engineering	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Active
R.I.T.	rit	– 2010	Rochester Institute of Technology	Rochester, New York	Inactive
Colorado State	csu	– 2006; 2012	Colorado State University	Fort Collins, Colorado	Active
Rose Tech	rose		Rose–Hulman Institute of Technology	Terre Haute, Indiana	Active
Colorado	colo	– 1972	University of Colorado at Boulder	Boulder, Colorado	Inactive
Pitt	pitt	April 4, 1970 – 2001; 2007	University of Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Active
UWM	uwm		University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Active
Toledo	tol		University of Toledo	Toledo, Ohio	Active
Mississippi State	miss	– 1987	Mississippi State University	Starkville, Mississippi	Inactive
Oklahoma	ok		University of Oklahoma	Norman, Oklahoma	Active
Virginia Tech	vpi	– 1996; 2015	Virginia Tech	Blacksburg, Virginia	Colony	^[5]
Connecticut	conn	– 1998	University of Connecticut	Storrs, Connecticut	Inactive
U.T.A.	uta	– 2000	University of Texas at Arlington	Arlington, Texas	Inactive
T.A.M.U.	tamu	– 1999; 2007–2009	Texas A&M University	College Station, Texas	Inactive
Michigan Tech	mtu	– 2006; 2012	Michigan Technological University	Houghton, Michigan	Active
T.S.U.	tsu	– 2008		Angola, Indiana	Inactive
Akron	akr	– 1997	University of Akron	Akron, Ohio	Inactive
Northern Illinois	niu	– 2006	Northern Illinois University	DeKalb, Illinois	Inactive
Maryland B.C.	umbc	– 2019	University of Maryland, Baltimore County	Catonsville, Maryland	Inactive
Houston	hou	– 2019	University of Houston	Houston, Texas	Inactive
UC Berkeley	cal	– 2016	University of California, Berkeley	Berkeley, California	Inactive
UCSan Diego	ucsd		University of California, San Diego	San Diego California	Active
UNC Charlotte	char		University of North Carolina at Charlotte	Charlotte, North Carolina	Active
Cal Poly Pomona	cpp		California State Polytechnic University, Pomona	Pomona, California	Active
UCI	uci		University of California, Irvine	Irvine, California	Active
Florida Atlantic	fau	– 2019	Florida Atlantic University	Boca Raton, Florida	Inactive
Penn State Behrend	psb		Penn State Erie, The Behrend College	Erie Pennsylvania	Active
Virginia Commonwealth	vcu		Virginia Commonwealth University	Richmond Virginia	Active
Utah	utah		University of Utah	Salt Lake City, Utah	Active
Clemson	clem		Clemson University	Clemson, South Carolina	Active
Washington	uw		University of Washington	Seattle, Washington	Active
Washington State	wsu		Washington State University	Pullman, Washington	Colony

Statistics

New chapters by decade

Decade	Total	New Chapters
1907–1909	2
1910–1919	2
1920–1929	10
1930–1939	3
1940–1949	2
1950–1959	3
1960–1969	9
1970–1979	5
1980–1989	6
1990–1999	2
2000–2009	2
2010–2019	10
2020–present (as of 2023)	1

Chapters by region

Region	Total	Chapters
Northeast	7
Midwest	27
South	14
West	8

External links

• Triangle Fraternity — The Fraternity of Engineers, Architects, and Scientists

Notes and References

1. Book: Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities . 1927 . George Banta Publishing Company . Shepardson . Francis W. . 11th . Menasha, Wisconsin . 233 . en . Google Books.
2. Web site: 2015 . Active Chapters & Colonies . 2015-05-10 . Triangle Fraternity.
3. Lurding, Carroll and Becque, Fran. (May 2, 2023) "Triange". Almanac of Fraternities and Sororities. Urbana: University of Illinois. Accessed June 12, 2023.
4. Web site: Our Chapters . 2023-06-12 . Triangle Fraternity . en-US.
5. Web site: Triangle Fraternity- Virginia Tech Colony . 2023-06-12 . fsl.vt.edu . en.