List of collegiate a cappella groups in the United States explained

This is a list of collegiate a cappella groups in the United States.

Group name	Institution	Membership	Year founded
data-sort-value="Academical Village People"	The Academical Village People	University of Virginia	Tenor/Bass	1993
data-sort-value="Accafellas"	The Accafellas	Michigan State University	Tenor/Bass	1996
data-sort-value="Accidentals"	The Accidentals	University of Georgia	Tenor/Bass	1974
Another Round	Indiana University	Tenor/Bass	1996
data-sort-value="Bear Necessities"	The Bear Necessities	Brown University	Tenor/Bass	1992
data-sort-value="Beelzebubs"	The Beelzebubs	Tufts University	Tenor/Bass	1962
data-sort-value="Brown Derbies"	The Brown Derbies	Brown University	Tenor/Bass	1982
California Golden Overtones	University of California, Berkeley	Soprano/Alto	1984
Chai Town	University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign	Tenor/Bass	2001
Chorallaries of MIT	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Mixed	1977
data-sort-value="Chordials"	The Chordials	Cornell University	Mixed	1997
data-sort-value="Claremont Shades"	The Claremont Shades	Claremont Colleges	Mixed	1994	^[1] ^[2]
data-sort-value="Clef Hangers"	The Clef Hangers	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Tenor/Bass	1977
'Cliffe Notes	Harvard University	Soprano/Alto	1991
data-sort-value="Colgate Thirteen"	The Colgate Thirteen	Colgate University	Tenor/Bass	1942
Collegium Underground	Harvard University	Mixed
Compulsive Lyres	University of Michigan	Mixed	1997
Counterpoint	Stanford University	Soprano/Alto	1979
data-sort-value="Crosbys"	The Crosbys	Binghamton University	Tenor/Bass	1982
CU Buffoons	University of Colorado-Boulder	Tenor/Bass	1962
data-sort-value="Dartmouth Aires"	The Dartmouth Aires	Dartmouth College	Tenor/Bass	1946
Deep Treble	Rutgers University	Mixed	1998
Dhamakapella	Case Western Reserve University	Mixed, South Asian	2005
Dicks and Janes	University of Michigan	Mixed	1998
data-sort-value="Din & Tonics"	The Din & Tonics	Harvard University	Tenor/Bass	1979
data-sort-value="Dissipated Eight"	The Dissipated Eight	Middlebury College	Tenor/Bass	1952
data-sort-value="Dreamers of Phi Mu Alpha"	The Dreamers of Phi Mu Alpha	Penn State	Tenor/Bass	1989
data-sort-value="Duke's Men of Yale"	The Duke's Men of Yale	Yale University	Tenor/Bass	1952
data-sort-value="Earth Tones"	The Earth Tones	University at Albany	Tenor/Bass	1998
Eight Beat Measure	Rochester Institute of Technology	Tenor/Bass	1987
Emocapella	George Washington University	Tenor/Bass	2001
Everyday People	Stanford University	Mixed	1987
Fleet Street	Stanford University	Tenor/Bass	1981
Footnotes	Princeton University	Tenor/Bass	1959
Fundamentally Sound	University of Wisconsin–Madison	Tenor/Bass	2005
data-sort-value="Georgetown Chimes"	The Georgetown Chimes	Georgetown University	Mixed	1946
data-sort-value="Gentlemen of the College"	The Gentlemen of the College	data-sort-value="College of William and Mary"	The College of William and Mary	Tenor/Bass	1990
Glee Club Lite	Harvard University	Tenor/Bass	1985
data-sort-value="Hangovers"	The Hangovers	Cornell University	Tenor/Bass	1968
Harpur Harpeggios	Binghamton University	Soprano/Alto	1983
data-sort-value="Hullabahoos"	The Hullabahoos	University of Virginia	Tenor/Bass	1987
data-sort-value="Idlers"	The Idlers	United States Coast Guard Academy	Tenor/Bass	1957
data-sort-value="Jabberwocks"	The Jabberwocks	Brown University	Tenor/Bass	1949
data-sort-value="Katzenjammers"	The Katzenjammers	Princeton University	Mixed	1973
data-sort-value="Krokodiloes"	The Krokodiloes	Harvard University	Tenor/Bass	1946
data-sort-value="Logarhythms"	The Logarhythms	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Tenor/Bass	1949
data-sort-value="Maccabeats"	The Maccabeats	Yeshiva University	Tenor/Bass	2007
MadHatters	University of Wisconsin–Madison	Tenor/Bass	1997
Magevet	Yale University	Mixed	1993
Maize Mirchi	University of Michigan	Mixed	2007
data-sort-value="Meddiebempsters"	The Meddiebempsters	Bowdoin College	Tenor/Bass	1937^[3]
data-sort-value="Mendicants"	The Mendicants	Stanford University	Tenor/Bass	1963
UC Men's Octet	University of California, Berkeley	Tenor/Bass	1948
Midnight Ramblers	University of Rochester	Tenor/Bass	1998
MIT Resonance	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Mixed	2000
Mixed Company of Yale	Yale University	Mixed	1981
The Madison Project	James Madison University	Tenor/Bass	1996
Mosaic Whispers	Washington University in St. Louis	Mixed	1991
data-sort-value="Muses"	The Muses	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Soprano/Alto	1988
Nassoons	Princeton University	Tenor/Bass	1941
Night Owls	Vassar College	Soprano/Alto	1942
Northwestern Undertones	Northwestern University	Mixed	2001
Not Too Sharp	University of New Hampshire	Tenor/Bass	2002
Note-oriety	James Madison University	Soprano/Alto	1998
Noteworthy	Brigham Young University	Soprano/Alto	2003
On a Sensual Note	American University	Tenor/Bass	1996
Out of the Blue	Yale University	Mixed	1986
Penn Masala	University of Pennsylvania	Tenor/Bass	1996
data-sort-value="Pitchforks of Duke University"	The Pitchforks of Duke University	Duke University	Tenor/Bass	1979
data-sort-value="Profecy A Cappella"	Profecy A Cappella	Rowan University	Tenor/Bass	2014
Purple Haze	Northwestern University	Mixed	1996
Quirks	Trinity College	Soprano/Alto	2004
Raagapella	Stanford University	Tenor/Bass	2002
data-sort-value="Radcliffe Pitches"	The Radcliffe Pitches	Harvard University	Soprano/Alto	1975
Redhot & Blue	Yale University	Mixed	1977
Shir Appeal	Tufts University	Mixed	1995
Sil'hooettes	University of Virginia	Soprano/Alto	1988
Sirens	Simmons University	Soprano/Alto	1989
data-sort-value="Smiffenpoofs"	The Smiffenpoofs	Smith College	Soprano/Alto	1936
data-sort-value="SoCal VoCals"	The SoCal VoCals	University of Southern California	Mixed	1995
data-sort-value="Society of Orpheus and Bacchus"	The Society of Orpheus and Bacchus	Yale University	Tenor/Bass	1938
data-sort-value="Spizzwinks"	The Spizzwinks(?)	Yale University	Tenor/Bass	1914
data-sort-value="Spokes"	The Spokes	University of California, Davis	Soprano/Alto	2004
Stanford Harmonics	Stanford University	Mixed	1991
Stanford Mixed Company	Stanford University	Mixed	1985
The Swinging 'Gates	Colgate University	Soprano/Alto	1974
Talisman	Stanford University	Mixed	1990
Tigertones	Princeton University	Tenor/Bass	1946
data-sort-value="Tritones"	The Tritones	University of California, San Diego	Mixed	1996
data-sort-value="Trojan Men"	The Trojan Men	University of Southern California	Tenor/Bass	2005
data-sort-value="Harvard-Radcliffe Veritones"	The Harvard-Radcliffe Veritones	Harvard University	Mixed	1985
data-sort-value="Virginia Belles"	The Virginia Belles	University of Virginia	Soprano/Alto	1977
Two Past Midnight	Bucknell University	Mixed	1995
Virginia Gentlemen	University of Virginia	Tenor/Bass	1953
Vocal Point	Brigham Young University	Tenor/Bass	1991
VoiceMale	Brandeis University	Tenor/Bass	1994
Voices in Your Head	University of Chicago	Mixed	1998
data-sort-value="Whiffenpoofs"	The Whiffenpoofs	Yale University	Tenor/Bass	1909
data-sort-value="Yale Alley Cats"	The Yale Alley Cats	Yale University	Tenor/Bass	1943
data-sort-value="Yale Russian Chorus"	The Yale Russian Chorus	Yale University	Tenor/Bass	1953
data-sort-value="YellowJackets"	The YellowJackets	University of Rochester	Tenor/Bass	1956
Exit 245	James Madison University	Tenor/Bass	1998

Notes and References

1. News: Ding . Jaimie . Not a scam: SCAMFest 2019 wows audience with strong vocals and performances . . 14 November 2019.
2. Web site: Claremont Shades . Engage @ Claremont . . 12 January 2024.
3. Meddiebempsters: Records, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine