Kappa Alpha Psi an international historically Black fraternity. Following its inception at Indiana University in 1911, the fraternity expanded to the University of Illinois (1913), University of Iowa (1914), and Wilberforce University, Lincoln University, and Ohio State University (1915). The first chapter in the Southern United States was Kappa, founded in 1919 at Meharry Medical College. By 1921, the fraternity had grown to seventeen active chapters.As of 2026, Kappa Alpha Psi has chartered more than 400 undergraduate chapters in the continental United States, plus alumni and international chapters. Chapters are organized into twelve provinces: East Central, Eastern, Middle Eastern, Middle Western, North Central, Northeastern, Northern, South Central, Southern, Southeastern, Southwestern, and Western.
Collegiate chapters In the following list of Kappa Alpha Psi collegiate chapters, active chapters are indicated bold and inactive chapters and institutions are in italics.