List of Pi Kappa Lambda chapters

Pi Kappa Lambda is an international honor society for music that was established at Northwestern University in 1918.^[1][2] It has chartered more than 270 chapters. Following is a list of its chapters, with active chapters indicated in bold and inactive chapters and institutions are in italics.^[1][3][4][5]

Chapter	Charter date and range	Institution	Location	Status	References
Alpha	1918	Northwestern University	Evanston, Illinois	Active
Beta	1920	University of Nebraska–Lincoln	Lincoln, Nebraska	Active
Gamma	1921–1994	Knox College	Galesburg, Illinois	Inactive
Delta	1921	University of the Pacific	Stockton, California	Active
Epsilon	1923	Ohio Wesleyan University	Delaware, Ohio	Active
Zeta	1923–2007	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	Urbana, Illinois	Inactive
Eta	1923	University of Southern California	Los Angeles, California	Active
Theta	1926	Oberlin College	Oberlin, Ohio	Active
Iota	1927	New England Conservatory of Music	Boston, Massachusetts	Active
Kappa	1927	University of Kansas	Lawrence, Kansas	Active
Lambda	1927	University of Louisville	Louisville, Kentucky	Active
Mu	1928	Drake University	Des Moines, Iowa	Active
Nu	1929–1970	Grinnell College	Grinnell, Iowa	Inactive
XI	1935	Rollins College	Winter Park, Florida	Active
Omicron	1936	DePauw University	Greencastle, Indiana	Active
Pi	1936–1994	University of Cincinnati	Cincinnati, Ohio	Inactive
Rho	1938	Converse University	Spartanburg, South Carolina	Active
Sigma	1938	University of Redlands	Redlands, California	Active
Tau	1940	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	Greensboro, North Carolina	Active
Upsilon	1941	College of Wooster	Wooster, Ohio	Active
Phi	1943	Florida State University	Tallahassee, Florida	Active	[6]
Chi	1945–c. 2024	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, Michigan	Inactive
Psi	1948–2007	University of Montevallo	Montevallo, Alabama	Inactive
Omega	1948–1998	University of Texas at Austin	Austin, Texas	Inactive
Alpha Alpha	1948	University of North Texas	Denton, Texas	Active
Alpha Beta	1948–2001	Indiana University Bloomington	Bloomington, Indiana	Inactive
Alpha Gamma	1948	Cornell College	Mount Vernon, Iowa	Active
Alpha Delta	1948–2001	Howard University	Washington, D.C.	Inactive
Alpha Epsilon	1948–c. 2024	Rhodes College	Memphis, Tennessee	Inactive
Alpha Zeta	1949–2009	University of Southern Mississippi	Hattiesburg, Mississippi	Inactive
Alpha Eta	1950	Southern Methodist University	Dallas, Texas	Active
Alpha Theta	1951	Lawrence University	Appleton, Wisconsin	Active
Alpha Iota	1955	Ball State University	Muncie, Indiana	Active
Alpha Kappa	1955	Boston University	Boston, Massachusetts	Active
Alpha Lambda	1955–2008	University of Oklahoma	Norman, Oklahoma	Inactive
Alpha Mu	1956	University of Central Missouri	Warrensburg, Missouri	Active
Alpha Nu	1956	Ithaca College	Ithaca, New York	Active
Alpha Xi	1957–2006	Willamette University	Salem, Oregon	Inactive
Alpha Omicron	1957	Millikin University	Decatur, Illinois	Active
Alpha Pi	1957	University of Alabama	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	Active
Alpha Rho	1957	Ohio State University	Columbus, Ohio	Active
Alpha Sigma	1958–2001	University of Minnesota	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Inactive
Alpha Tau	1958–c. 2024	University of Colorado Boulder	Boulder, Colorado	Inactive
Alpha Upsilon	1960	Oklahoma City University	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	Active
Alpha Phi	1960	University of Iowa	Iowa City, Iowa	Active
Alpha Chi	1961–1973	University of New Mexico	Albuquerque, New Mexico	Inactive
Alpha Psi	1962–2008	University of Missouri–Kansas City	Kansas City, Missouri	Inactive
Alpha Omega	1963	University of Montana	Missoula, Montana	Active
Beta Alpha	1963–2008	Michigan State University	East Lansing, Michigan	Inactive
Beta Beta	1963	University of Miami	Coral Gables, Florida	Active
Beta Gamma	1963	Stetson University	DeLand, Florida	Active
Beta Delta	1964	St. Olaf College	Northfield, Minnesota	Active
Beta Epsilon	964	University of Idaho	Moscow, Idaho	Active
Beta Zeta	1964	East Carolina University	Greenville, North Carolina	Active
Beta Eta	1964–1986	University of California, Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara, California	Inactive
Beta Theta	1964–1999	University of Oregon	Eugene, Oregon	Inactive
Beta Iota	1964	Syracuse University	Syracuse, New York	Active
Beta Kappa	1965–2004	Walla Walla College	College Place, Washington	Inactive
Beta Lambda	1965	Louisiana State University	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	Active
Beta Mu	1965–2007	Southern Illinois University Carbondale	Carbondale, Illinois	Inactive
Beta Nu	1965–1994	University of Tulsa	Tulsa, Oklahoma	Inactive
Beta Xi	1965–1998	Cleveland Institute of Music	Cleveland, Ohio	Inactive
Beta Omicron	1966	University of Wyoming	Laramie, Wyoming	Active
Beta Pi	1966–1999, 2013	Eastman School of Music	Rochester, New York	Active	[7]
Beta Rho	1968	Catholic University of America	Washington, D.C.	Active
Beta Sigma	1968	Western Michigan University	Kalamazoo, Michigan	Active
Beta Tau	1968	University of Georgia	Athens, Georgia	Active
Beta Upsilon	1968	Sam Houston State University	Huntsville, Texas	Active
Beta Phi	1969	Ohio University	Athens, Ohio	Active
Beta Chi	1969–1999	Brigham Young University	Provo, Utah	Inactive
Beta Psi	1969	University of Tennessee	Knoxville, Tennessee	Active
Beta Omega	1969	California State University, Fullerton	Fullerton, California	Active
Gamma Alpha	1970	Carson–Newman University	Jefferson City, Tennessee	Active
Gamma Beta	1970	Furman University	Greenville, South Carolina	Active
Gamma Gamma	1970	University of Missouri	Columbia, Missouri	Active
Gamma Delta	1970–1998	University of Kentucky	Lexington, Kentucky	Inactive
Gamma Epsilon	1970	Texas Christian University	Fort Worth, Texas	Active
Gamma Zeta	1970–2003	University of Florida	Gainesville, Florida	Inactive
Gamma Eta	1970	Appalachian State University	Boone, North Carolina	Active
Gamma Theta	1971	University of South Carolina	Columbia, South Carolina	Active
Gamma Iota	1970–2008	University of Memphis	Memphis, Tennessee	Inactive
Gamma Kappa	1971	California State University, Northridge	Northridge, Los Angeles, California	Active
Gamma Lambda	1972	Northern State University	Aberdeen, South Dakota	Active
Gamma Mu	1973	Meredith College	Raleigh, North Carolina	Active
Gamma Nu	1973	Iowa State University	Ames, Iowa	Active
Gamma Xi	1973	University of Northern Colorado	Greeley, Colorado	Active
Gamma Omicron	1974	Samford University	Birmingham, Alabama	Active
Gamma Pi	1974	Spelman College	Atlanta, Georgia	Active
Gamma Rho	1974	Miami University	Oxford, Ohio	Active
Gamma Sigma	1974	University of Northern Iowa	Cedar Falls, Iowa	Active
Gamma Tau	1974	Baylor University	Waco, Texas	Active
Gamma Upsilon	1974	Illinois Wesleyan University	Bloomington, Illinois	Active
Gamma Phi	1974	University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point	Stevens Point, Wisconsin	Active
Gamma Chi	1974	Hofstra University	Hempstead, New York	Active
Gamma Psi	1975	Boston Conservatory at Berklee	Boston, Massachusetts	Active
Gamma Omega	1975	Anderson University	Anderson, Indiana	Active
Delta Alpha	1975–2001	Queens College, City University of New York	Flushing, Queens, New York City, New York	Inactive
Delta Beta	1976	Southern Illinois University Edwardsville	Edwardsville, Illinois	Active
Delta Gamma	1976	Morehead State University	Morehead, Kentucky	Active
Delta Delta	1976	University of Louisiana at Lafayette	Lafayette, Louisiana	Active
Delta Epsilon	1976	Virginia Commonwealth University	Richmond, Virginia	Active
Delta Zeta	1976	Butler University	Indianapolis, Indiana	Active
Delta Eta	1977–2003	Westminster Choir College	Princeton, New Jersey	Inactive
Delta Theta	1977	University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire	Eau Claire, Wisconsin	Active
Delta Iota	1977	Stephen F. Austin State University	Nacogdoches, Texas	Active
Delta Kappa	1977	Midwestern State University	Wichita Falls, Texas	Active
Delta Lambda	1977	Kansas State University	Manhattan, Kansas	Active
Delta Mu	1977	Indiana State University	Terre Haute, Indiana	Active
Delta Nu	1977–2001	Eastern New Mexico University	Portales, New Mexico	Inactive
Delta Xi	1977	California State University, Sacramento	Sacramento, California	Active
Delta Omicron	1977	Bowling Green State University	Bowling Green, Ohio	Active
Delta Pi	1978	University of Maryland, College Park	College Park, Maryland	Active
Delta Rho	1978	Rowan University	Glassboro, New Jersey	Active
Delta Sigma	1978	West Chester University	West Chester, Pennsylvania	Active
Delta Tau	1978	Cleveland State University	Cleveland, Ohio	Active
Delta Upsilon	1979	University of Evansville	Evansville, Indiana	Active
Delta Phi	1979–1991, c. 2024	Washington State University	Pullman, Washington	Active
Delta Chi	1980–2012	Kent State University	Kent, Ohio	Inactive
Delta Psi	1980	Immaculata University	Immaculata, Pennsylvania	Active
Delta Omega	1980	State University of New York at Fredonia	Fredonia, New York	Active
Epsilon Alpha	1981–May 2024	Birmingham–Southern College	Birmingham, Alabama	Inactive	[a]
Epsilon Beta	April 25, 1981	Shorter University	Rome, Georgia	Active	[8]
Epsilon Gamma	1981	University of Hartford	West Hartford, Connecticut	Active
Epsilon Delta	1981	Ouachita Baptist University	Arkadelphia, Arkansas	Active
Epsilon Epsilon	1981	Augustana College	Rock Island, Illinois	Active
Epsilon Zeta	1982–1998	Alabama State University	Montgomery, Alabama	Inactive
Epsilon Eta	1982	Belmont University	Nashville, Tennessee	Active
Epsilon Theta	1982–1990	West Virginia University	Morgantown, West Virginia	Inactive
Epsilon Iota	1982	Minnesota State University Moorhead	Moorhead, Minnesota	Active
Epsilon Kappa	1982–2001	Andrews University	Berrien Springs, Michigan	Inactive
Epsilon Lambda	1983	Wayne State University	Detroit, Michigan	Active
Epsilon Mu	1983	Albion College	Albion, Michigan	Active
Epsilon Nu	1983–2003	University of Wisconsin–Madison	Madison, Wisconsin	Inactive
Epsilon Xi	1983	California State University, Long Beach	Long Beach, California	Active
Epsilon Omicron	1983	Peabody Institute	Baltimore, Maryland	Active
Epsilon Pi	1984	Hardin–Simmons University	Abilene, Texas	Active
Epsilon Rho	1984	Jacksonville University	Jacksonville, Florida	Active
Epsilon Sigma	1984	University of Arkansas	Fayetteville, Arkansas	Active
Epsilon Tau	1984	Texas State University	San Marcos, Texas	Active
Epsilon Upsilon	1984–2009	University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa	Honolulu, Hawaii	Inactive
Epsilon Phi	1984–2003	New York University	New York City, New York	Inactive
Epsilon Chi	1985–2003, 2024	Illinois State University	Normal, Illinois	Active	[9]
Epsilon Psi	1985	Evangel University	Springfield, Missouri	Active
Epsilon Omega	1985	Luther College	Decorah, Iowa	Active
Zeta Alpha	1986	University of Texas at El Paso	El Paso, Texas	Active
Zeta Beta	1986	Missouri State University	Springfield, Missouri	Active
Zeta Gamma	1986–2012	Northern Illinois University	DeKalb, Illinois	Inactive
Zeta Delta	1987–c. 2024	Hope College	Holland, Michigan	Inactive
Zeta Epsilon	1987	Marywood University	Scranton, Pennsylvania	Active
Zeta Zeta	1987	Southwest Baptist University	Bolivar, Missouri	Active
Zeta Eta	1987–1999	DePaul University	Chicago, Illinois	Inactive
Zeta Theta	1988	Duquesne University	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Active
Zeta Iota	1988	Pennsylvania State University	University Park, Pennsylvania	Active
Zeta Kappa	1988–2003	Arkansas State University	State University, Arkansas	Inactive
Zeta Lambda	1988	Capital University	Bexley, Ohio	Active
Zeta Mu	1988	State University of New York at Potsdam	Potsdam, New York	Active
Zeta Nu	1988	Colorado State University	Fort Collins, Colorado	Active
Zeta Xi	1988	Tennessee Tech	Cookeville, Tennessee	Active
Zeta Omicron	1988	Houghton University	Houghton, New York	Active
Zeta Pi	1989	Oklahoma Baptist University	Shawnee, Oklahoma	Active
Zeta Rho	1989	Delta State University	Cleveland, Mississippi	Active
Zeta Sigma	1989	University of Maine	Orono, Maine	Active
Zeta Tau	1989	University of Houston	Houston, Texas	Active
Zeta Upsilon	1989	University of Rhode Island	Kingston, Rhode Island	Active
Zeta Phi	1989–2007	University of Connecticut	Storrs, Connecticut	Inactive
Zeta Chi	1990	Gustavus Adolphus College	St. Peter, Minnesota	Active
Zeta Psi	1989–2003	University at Buffalo	Buffalo, New York	Inactive
Zeta Omega	1990–2003	Arizona State University	Tempe, Arizona	Inactive
Eta Alpha	1990	West Texas A&M University	Canyon, Texas	Active
Eta Beta	1990–2007	Rutgers University–New Brunswick	New Brunswick, New Jersey	Inactive
Eta Gamma	1990	Auburn University	Auburn, Alabama	Active
Eta Delta	1990	Valparaiso University	Valparaiso, Indiana	Active
Eta Epsilon	1991–2001	Georgia State University	Atlanta, Georgia	Inactive
Eta Zeta	1991	University of Central Florida	Orlando, Florida	Active
Eta Eta	1991	Temple University	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Active
Eta Theta	1991	San Diego State University	San Diego, California	Active
Eta Iota	1992	Vanderbilt University	Nashville, Tennessee	Active
Eta Kappa	1992–c. 2024	Columbus State University	Columbus, Georgia	Inactive
Eta Lambda	1992	University of South Florida	Tampa, Florida	Active
Eta Mu	1992	Missouri Western State University	St. Joseph, Missouri	Active
Eta Nu	1992	University of Mississippi	University, Mississippi	Active
Eta Xi	1992–2023	Central Washington University	Ellensburg, Washington	Inactive
Eta Omicron	1993	Winthrop University	Rock Hill, South Carolina	Active
Eta Pi	1993	Trinity University	San Antonio, Texas	Active
Eta Rho	1993	Hartwick College	Oneonta, New York	Active
Eta Sigma	1994	Truman State University	Kirksville, Missouri	Active
Eta Tau	1994	Southwestern University	Georgetown, Texas	Active
Eta Upsilon	1994	Old Dominion University	Norfolk, Virginia	Active
Eta Phi	1994–2010	Northern Kentucky University	Highland Heights, Kentucky	Inactive
Eta Chi	1994	University of Delaware	Newark, Delaware	Active
Eta Psi	1994	University of Denver	Denver, Colorado	Active
Eta Omega	1995–2010	South Carolina State University	Orangeburg, South Carolina	Inactive
Theta Alpha	1995	East Tennessee State University	Johnson City, Tennessee	Active
Theta Beta	1995	Austin Peay State University	Clarksville, Tennessee	Active
Theta Gamma	1995	Pittsburg State University	Pittsburg, Kansas	Active
Theta Delta	1995	University of Texas at San Antonio	San Antonio, Texas	Active
Theta Epsilon	1995–2004	Minnesota State University, Mankato	Mankato, Minnesota	Inactive
Theta Zeta	1995	Pacific Union College	Angwin, California	Active
Theta Eta	1996	Western Kentucky University	Bowling Green, Kentucky	Active
Theta Theta	1996	University of North Alabama	Florence, Alabama	Active
Theta Iota	1996	Union University	Jackson, Tennessee	Active
Theta Kappa	1997	Texas Tech University	Lubbock, Texas	Active
Theta Lambda	1997	Nazareth University	Rochester, New York	Active
Theta Mu	1997	Radford University	Radford, Virginia	Active
Theta Nu	1997	Adams State University	Alamosa, Colorado	Active
Theta Xi	1997	Carnegie Mellon University	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Active
Theta Omicron	1997	University of Mount Union	Alliance, Ohio	Active
Theta Pi	1997–c. 2024	Wichita State University	Wichita, Kansas	Inactive
Theta Rho	1998–2010	Roberts Wesleyan University	Rochester, New York	Inactive
Theta Sigma	1998	Cameron University	Lawton, Oklahoma	Active
Theta Tau	1998	Kennesaw State University	Kennesaw, Georgia	Active
Theta Upsilon	1999	University of South Dakota	Vermillion, South Dakota	Active
Theta Phi	1999	Coe College	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	Active
Theta Chi	2000	University of Akron	Akron, Ohio	Active
Theta Psi	2000–c. 2024	Angelo State University	San Angelo, Texas	Inactive
Theta Omega	2000–2010	University of Massachusetts Lowell	Lowell, Massachusetts	Inactive
Iota Alpha	2000	University of Arkansas at Monticello	Monticello, Arkansas	Active
Iota Beta	2000–2004	George Mason University	Fairfax, Virginia	Inactive
Iota Gamma	2000	State University of New York at Oswego	Oswego, New York	Active
Iota Delta	2000–2007	Southeast Missouri State University	Cape Girardeau, Missouri	Inactive
Iota Epsilon	2001	Lee University	Cleveland, Tennessee	Active
Iota Zeta	2001–c. 2024	University of Texas at Arlington	Arlington, Texas	Inactive
Iota Eta	2001	James Madison University	Harrisonburg, Virginia	Active
Iota Theta	2002	The College of New Jersey	Ewing Township, New Jersey	Active
Iota Iota	2002–2012, c. 2023	Berry College	Mount Berry, Georgia	Active
Iota Kappa	2003	University of North Dakota	Grand Forks, North Dakota	Active
Iota Lambda	2003	Valdosta State University	Valdosta, Georgia	Active
Iota Mu	2004	Christopher Newport University	Newport News, Virginia	Active
Iota Nu	2004	Concordia University Nebraska	Seward, Nebraska	Active
Iota Xi	2005	Lamar University	Beaumont, Texas	Active
Iota Omicron	2005	Pepperdine University	Malibu, California	Active
Iota Pi	2005	Georgia Southern University	Statesboro, Georgia	Active
Iota Rho	2005	Central Michigan University	Mount Pleasant, Michigan	Active
Iota Sigma	2005	Campbellsville University	Campbellsville, Kentucky	Active
Iota Tau	2005	University of Central Oklahoma	Edmond, Oklahoma	Active
Iota Upsilon	2006–2011	Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne	Fort Wayne, Indiana	Inactive
Iota Phi	2006	Middle Tennessee State University	Murfreesboro, Tennessee	Active
Iota Chi	2007–c. 2024	Jacksonville State University	Jacksonville, Alabama	Inactive
Iota Psi	2007	Salem College	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	Active
Iota Omega	2007	Morehouse College	Atlanta, Georgia	Active
Kappa Alpha	2008–c. 2024	University of South Alabama	Mobile, Alabama	Inactive
Kappa Beta	2008	Western Carolina University	Cullowhee, North Carolina	Active
Kappa Gamma	2008	Brevard College	Brevard, North Carolina	Active
Kappa Delta	2010	Colorado Christian University	Lakewood, Colorado	Active
Kappa Epsilon	2009	Pennsylvania Western University, Edinboro	Edinboro, Pennsylvania	Active
Kappa Zeta	2009	Reinhardt University	Waleska, Georgia	Active
Kappa Eta	2009	North Greenville University	Tigerville, South Carolina	Active
Kappa Theta	2011	Metropolitan State University of Denver	Denver, Colorado	Active
Kappa Iota	2011	Claflin University	Orangeburg, South Carolina	Active
Kappa Kappa	2012	St. Norbert College	De Pere, Wisconsin	Active
Kappa Lambda	2012	Glenville State University	Glenville, West Virginia	Active
Kappa Mu	2012	Olivet Nazarene University	Bourbonnais, Illinois	Active
Kappa Nu	2013	Molloy University	Rockville Centre, New York	Active	[10]
Kappa Xi	2013	Nelson University	Waxahachie, Texas	Active	[b]
Kappa Omicron	2013	Texas Woman's University	Denton, Texas	Active
Kappa Pi	2014	Keene State College	Keene, New Hampshire	Active
Kappa Rho	2014	Charleston Southern University	North Charleston, South Carolina	Active
Kappa Sigma	2014	Concordia College	Moorhead, Minnesota	Active
Kappa Tau	2015	Palm Beach Atlantic University	West Palm Beach, Florida	Active
Kappa Upsilon	2016	Gardner–Webb University	Boiling Springs, North Carolina	Active
Kappa Phi	2016	Westmont College	Montecito, California	Active
Kappa Chi	2016	Florida Southern College	Lakeland, Florida	Active
Kappa Psi	2017	North Carolina Central University	Durham, North Carolina	Active
Kappa Omega	2017	Trevecca Nazarene University	Nashville, Tennessee	Active
Lambda Alpha	2017	Dallas Baptist University	Dallas, Texas	Active
Lambda Beta	2018	University of Texas Permian Basin	Odessa, Texas	Active
Lambda Gamma	2019	Bethune–Cookman University	Daytona Beach, Florida	Active
Lambda Delta	2019	Tennessee State University	Nashville, Tennessee	Active
Lambda Epsilon	2021	Washington & Jefferson College	Washington, Pennsylvania	Active
Lambda Zeta	2022	Louisiana Tech University	Ruston, Louisiana	Active
Lambda Eta	2023	Chowan University	Murfreesboro, North Carolina	Active
Lambda Theta	2023	Alcorn State University	Lorman, Mississippi

Notes

1. The chapter went inactive when the college closed May 2024.
2. Chapter was established at Southwestern Assemblies of God University, which became Nelson University in 2024.