The Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity has 56 active chapters and 5 active colonies. It was originally established at Yale University with the Phi chapter in 1844.

Of a total of 56 active chapters, 49 are in the United States, while seven are in Canada – at the University of Toronto, McGill University, the University of British Columbia, the University of Manitoba, the University of Alberta, the University of Victoria, and Simon Fraser University. There are five additional active colonies in North America.

Naming confusion Delta Kappa Epsilon, as one of the antebellum, or pre-Civil War fraternities, expanded quite early into southern schools that would temporarily, or in some cases permanently, close as a result of the war. Today's standard protocol whereby GLO chapter names were reserved for their schools of origin -- even if the chapters were dormant—had not yet gained traction as a standard rule. Hence, 's early chapter names were often reassigned. This practice has been discontinued, both by and by most other national fraternities. In this table, where a chapter name was used at multiple schools for multiple years, they are listed here, and numbered. Where a name was transitory, the early name(s) are only noted in the reference notes.

Chapters These are the chapters of Delta Kappa Epsilon in order of establishment. Active chapters and colonies noted in bold, inactive chapters (and inactive schools) noted in italics. Several early chapters reused names of chapters closed during the Civil War, but this practice has been discontinued.

Chapter Charter date and range Institution City State or province Status Phi – ; Yale University New Haven Connecticut Active Theta – Bowdoin College Brunswick Maine Inactive Zeta –; – ; – Princeton University Princeton New Jersey Inactive Catalogue of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity -1900, accessed 12 Jul 2022. Xi – Colby College Waterville Maine Inactive Sigma – ; – Amherst College Amherst Massachusetts Inactive Gamma (1)   See also Gamma (2) – ; – University of Nashville Nashville Tennessee Moved Psi – ; University of Alabama Tuscaloosa Alabama Active Chi – ; –; –; –; –; University of Mississippi Oxford Mississippi Active Upsilon – Brown University Providence Rhode Island Inactive Beta – ; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill North Carolina Active Alpha – ; –; –; 2022 ? Harvard University Cambridge Massachusetts Colony Delta – ; University of South Carolina Columbia South Carolina Active Kappa – ; –; – ; –; 20xx ? Miami University Oxford Ohio Active Lambda Kenyon College Gambier Ohio Active Omega – Oakland College (closed) Rodney Mississippi Inactive Eta – ; University of Virginia Charlottesville Virginia Active Pi – Dartmouth College Hanover New Hampshire Inactive Rho (1)   See also Rho (2)   See also Delta Psi – Indiana University Bloomington Indiana Renamed Iota (1)   See also Iota (2) – Kentucky Military Institute Lyndon Kentucky Inactive Alpha Alpha – ; – Middlebury College Middlebury Vermont Inactive Omicron – ; – ; University of Michigan Ann Arbor Michigan Inactive Epsilon – Williams College Williamstown Massachusetts Inactive Rho (2) Lafayette College Easton Pennsylvania Active Tau Hamilton College Clinton, Oneida County New York Active Mu – Colgate University Hamilton New York Inactive Nu – College of the City of New York New York City New York Inactive Beta Phi University of Rochester Rochester New York Active Theta Chi – ; – Union College Schenectady New York Inactive Kappa Psi – ; - Cumberland University Lebanon Tennessee Inactive Zeta Zeta (1)   See also Zeta Zeta (2) – ; – Centenary College of Louisiana Shreveport Louisiana Inactive Alpha Delta – Jefferson College Canonsburg Pennsylvania Inactive Kappa Phi – Troy University Troy New York Inactive Phi Chi – ; 1999 ? Rutgers University New Brunswick New Jersey Active Tau Delta (1)   See also Tau Delta (2) – Union University Jackson Tennessee Moved Psi Phi – DePauw University Greencastle Indiana Inactive Gamma Phi Wesleyan University Middletown Connecticut Active Eta Alpha – Washington and Lee University Lexington Virginia Inactive Psi Omega – ; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy New York Active Beta Chi – ; – Case Western Reserve University Cleveland Ohio Inactive Delta Chi – ; Cornell University Ithaca New York Active Delta Delta – ; – ; University of Chicago Chicago Illinois Active Phi Gamma Syracuse University Syracuse New York Active Gamma Beta – Columbia University New York City New York Inactive Theta Zeta University of California, Berkeley Berkeley California Active Alpha Chi – Trinity College Hartford Connecticut Inactive Iota (2)   See also Iota (1) – 1901 Central University of Kentucky Richmond Kentucky Moved Iota (3)   See also Iota (2)–, Centre College DanvilleKentuckyActive Gamma (2)   See also Gamma (1) – ; – Vanderbilt University Nashville Tennessee Inactive Phi Epsilon University of Minnesota Minneapolis Minnesota Active Sigma Tau Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge Massachusetts Active Alpha Phi University of Toronto Toronto Ontario, Canada Active Tau Lambda – ; 198x ?– Tulane University New Orleans Louisiana Inactive Delta Kappa University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pennsylvania Active Tau Alpha – ; 2000–; McGill University Montreal Quebec, Canada Active Sigma Rho Stanford University Palo Alto California Active Delta Pi – ; –; –; University of Illinois Champaign Illinois Active The 1972-1980 inactivity is from the 175th anniversary Deke Quarterly. Rho Delta – ; –; – University of Wisconsin Madison Wisconsin Inactive Kappa Epsilon – ; –; University of Washington Seattle Washington Active Omega Chi – ; –; 2021 ? University of Texas Austin Texas Colony Zeta Zeta (2)   See also Zeta Zeta (1) – Louisiana State University Baton Rouge Louisiana Inactive Louisiana State University "Gumbo" Yearbook p. 216 Alpha Tau – ; 20xx ? University of Manitoba Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada Active Theta Rho – ; – University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles California Inactive Delta Phi University of Alberta Edmonton Alberta, Canada Active Delta Epsilon   See also Alpha Delta – ; – Northwestern University Evanston Illinois Inactive Lambda Delta – Southern Methodist University University Park Texas Inactive Phi Alpha University of British Columbia Vancouver British Columbia, Canada Active Kappa Delta – ; – University of Maryland College Park Maryland Inactive Rho Lambda – ; – University of Oklahoma Norman Oklahoma Inactive Tau Delta (2)   See also Tau Delta (1) University of the South Sewanee Tennessee Active Psi Delta Wake Forest University Winston-Salem North Carolina Active Sigma Alpha Virginia Tech Blacksburg Virginia Active Phi Delta – ; –; 2021 ? University of Western Ontario London Ontario, Canada Colony Sigma Phi – ; Villanova University Villanova Pennsylvania Colony Pi Beta – ; Troy University Troy Alabama Active Alpha Mu – Rowan University Glassboro New Jersey Inactive Epsilon Rho Duke University Durham North Carolina Active Nu Zeta Pace University New York City New York Active Alpha Omega – Louisiana Tech University Ruston Louisiana Inactive Theta Upsilon – ; Arizona State University Phoenix Arizona Active Iota Mu – Fordham University New York City New York Inactive Alpha Rho – Temple University Philadelphia Pennsylvania Inactive Zeta Upsilon – University of California, Davis Davis California Inactive Phi Sigma Bryant University Smithfield Rhode Island Active Phi Rho – ; Pennsylvania State University University Park Pennsylvania Active Chi Rho – ; 20xx ?–; 201x ? Bloomsburg University Bloomsburg Pennsylvania Active Zeta Chi Bentley University Waltham Massachusetts Active Omega Omega – ; University of Arizona Tucson Arizona Active Sigma Beta – University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara California Inactive Beta Gamma New York University New York City New York Active Beta Delta – ; University of Georgia Athens Georgia Active Alpha Beta – DePaul University Chicago Illinois Inactive Sigma Kappa Michigan State University East Lansing Michigan Active Delta Tau – ; Ohio State University Columbus Ohio Active Alpha Delta   See also Delta Epsilon – Northwestern University Evanston Illinois Inactive Mu Chi Maryville College Maryville TennesseeActive Upsilon Omega – University of South Alabama Mobile Alabama Inactive Delta Psi   See also Rho (1) – 2019; 2022 Indiana University Bloomington Indiana Active Rho Beta University of Richmond Richmond Virginia Active Phi Beta – Stephen F. Austin State University Nacogdoches Texas Inactive Kappa Omega – Lake Forest College Lake Forest Illinois Inactive Alpha Gamma –, United States Military Academy West Point New York Active Tau Chi - Texas A&M University College Station Texas Inactive Beta Tau University of Victoria Oak Bay British Columbia, Canada Active Omega Mu – ; Oklahoma State University Stillwater Oklahoma Colony Sigma Xi St. Joseph's University Brooklyn New York Active Delta Alpha – ; Auburn University Auburn Alabama Active Gamma Iota – Gannon University Erie Pennsylvania Inactive Phi Mu Manhattan University The Bronx New York Active Chi Beta University of North Carolina Wilmington Wilmington North Carolina Active Zeta Gamma Hampden–Sydney College Hampden Sydney Virginia Active Pi Alpha University of Missouri Columbia Missouri Active Kappa Chi – University of Delaware Newark Delaware Colony Lambda Tau University of Tennessee Knoxville Tennessee Active Iota Chi Ithaca College Ithaca New York Active Kappa Beta University of Illinois Springfield Springfield Illinois Colony Tau Beta Simon Fraser University Burnaby British Columbia, Canada Active Alpha Omicron University of Colorado Boulder Boulder Colorado Active Delta Rho North Carolina State University Raleigh North Carolina Active Nu Alpha Northeastern University Boston Massachusetts Active Alpha Epsilon ? Georgetown University Washington District of Columbia Colony Tau Gamma Texas Tech University Lubbock Texas Active

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