# List of Kappa Alpha Order chapters

Kappa Alpha Order is a social fraternity and a fraternal order founded in 1865 at Washington and Lee University. Chapter names were often reused in the early decades of the fraternity, and the final successor group normally goes by the shortened name, for example Mu chapter at Tulsa is the fourth to carry that name. Commissions first appeared in 1915, empowered to elect and initiate graduates of military institutions. Commissions can be established to replace a previously active chapter or at a four-year military institution, or in the case of Omega, used for both Centre graduates and for general legacy election. Where an active chapter is re-established, the commission at that school is deactivated.
In the following list of chapters, active chapters are indicated in bold and inactive chapters are in italics.
| Chapter | Chartered date and range | Institution | City | State | Status |
| Alpha | December 21, 1865 – 1870; 1875–1878; 1883–1970, 1977–199x ?; xxxx ? | Washington and Lee University | Lexington | Virginia | Active |
| Beta first | March 8, 1868 – 1913; 1915 | Virginia Military Institute | Lexington | Virginia | Commission |
| Gamma | April 6, 1868 – 1874, 1879 | University of Georgia | Athens | Georgia | Active |
| Delta | February 23, 1869 – 1909, 1915 | Wofford College | Spartanburg | South Carolina | Active |
| Epsilon | June 4, 1869 – 2015; 2019 | Emory University | Atlanta | Georgia | Active |
| Eta | March 18, 1870 | University of Richmond | Richmond | Virginia | Active |
| Zeta | November 26, 1870 – 20xx ?; November 14, 2019 | Randolph–Macon College | Ashland | Virginia | Active |
| Theta Prime (see Beta Nu) | December 25, 1870 – 1873 | Oglethorpe University | Brookhaven | Georgia | Inactive |
| Iota / Iota Commission | May 8, 1872 – 1875, 1879–1898, 1927–1963, 1984–2020 | Furman University | Greenville | South Carolina | Commission |
| Kappa | November 8, 1873 | Mercer University | Macon | Georgia | Active |
| Lambda | November 18, 1873 – 1882; 1886–2022 | University of Virginia | Charlottesville | Virginia | Inactive |
| Mu Prime (see Delta Epsilon) | November 26, 1873 – 1874 | Newberry College | Newberry | South Carolina | Inactive |
| Nu Prime | November 22, 1877 – 1878 | Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Inactive |
| Xi Prime (see Epsilon Eta) | April 8, 1877 – 1878 | Virginia Tech | Blacksburg | Virginia | Inactive |
| Omicron Prime | October 1878–1879 | Bethel Military Academy | Warrenton | Virginia | Inactive |
| Pi Prime | April 18, 1879 – 1883 | Gordon Institute (now Gordon State College) | Barnesville | Georgia | Inactive |
| Rho | December 11, 1880 – 1892; 1895–1897; 1927 | University of South Carolina | Columbia | South Carolina | Active |
| Sigma | February 18, 1880 – 2021 | Davidson College | Davidson | North Carolina | Inactive |
| Tau | February 18, 1880 | Wake Forest University | Winston-Salem | North Carolina | Active |
| Upsilon | November 25, 1881 – 1888; 1891 | University of North Carolina | Chapel Hill | North Carolina | Active |
| Psi | January 14, 1882 – 1883; 1886 | Tulane University | New Orleans | Louisiana | Active |
| Phi | January 17, 1882 – 1914; 1922–1974; 1980 | Birmingham–Southern College | Birmingham | Alabama | Active |
| Chi | April 9, 1883 – 199x ?; 2004–2012; 2018 | Vanderbilt University | Nashville | Tennessee | Active |
| Xi Second | November 28, 1883 – 200x ?; 2004 | Southwestern University | Georgetown | Texas | Active |
| Omega / Omega Commission | September 12, 1883 – 1933; August 16, 2011 | Centre College | Danville | Kentucky | Commission |
| Theta Second / Theta Commission | October 1, 1883 – 1890; October 3, 2008 | The Citadel | Charleston | South Carolina | Commission |
| Mu Second | November 14, 1883 – 1893 | Erskine College | Due West | South Carolina | Inactive |
| Nu Second | November 24, 1883 | Auburn University | Auburn | Alabama | Active |
| Omicron Second | October 5, 1883 – 1887; 1891–2000; 201x ? | University of Texas at Austin | Austin | Texas | Active |
| Pi Second | December 1, 1883 – 1887; 1893–2002; 2009–2020 | University of Tennessee | Knoxville | Tennessee | Inactive |
| Alpha Alpha | December 1, 1883 | Sewanee: The University of the South | Sewanee | Tennessee | Active |
| Alpha Beta | June 17, 1885 | University of Alabama | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | Active |
| Alpha Gamma | July 2, 1885 | Louisiana State University | Baton Rouge | Louisiana | Active |
| Alpha Delta | January 26, 1887 | William Jewell College | Liberty | Missouri | Active |
| Alpha Epsilon | November 16, 1887 – 1904; 1925–2022 | Rhodes College | Memphis | Tennessee | Inactive |
| Alpha Zeta | January 3, 1890 | College of William & Mary | Williamsburg | Virginia | Active |
| Alpha Eta | January 28, 1890 | Westminster College | Fulton | Missouri | Active |
| Alpha Theta | April 9, 1891 | Transylvania University | Lexington | Kentucky | Active |
| Alpha Iota | September 14, 1891 – 1903; 1909–1913; 1922 | Centenary College of Louisiana | Shreveport | Louisiana | Active |
| Alpha Kappa | September 30, 1891 – 2016; 2021 | University of Missouri | Columbia | Missouri | Active |
| Alpha Lambda | October 21, 1891 – 1910; 1915–1973 | Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore | Maryland | Inactive |
| Theta | February 21, 1893 | University of Kentucky | Lexington | Kentucky | Active |
| Alpha Mu | October 1, 1893 | Millsaps College | Jackson | Mississippi | Active |
| Mu Third | December 21, 1893 – 1895 | Emory and Henry College | Emory | Virginia | Inactive |
| Alpha Nu | November 18, 1894 – 1953; 1956–1959; 2008–2021 | George Washington University | Washington | District of Columbia | Inactive |
| Alpha Xi | March 6, 1895 – 1896; 1897–1970; 1979–199x ?; 20xx ? | University of California, Berkeley | Berkeley | California | Active |
| Alpha Omicron | April 27, 1895 – 1902; 1904–1960; 1987–2005; 2013 | University of Arkansas | Fayetteville | Arkansas | Active |
| Alpha Pi | October 27, 1895 – 1899; 1903 | Stanford University | Stanford | California | Active |
| Alpha Rho | March 10, 1897 – 2021 | West Virginia University | Morgantown | West Virginia | Inactive |
| Alpha Sigma | October 21, 1899 | Georgia Tech | Atlanta | Georgia | Active |
| Alpha Tau | December 6, 1899 | Hampden–Sydney College | Hampden Sydney | Virginia | Active |
| Alpha Upsilon | January 12, 1900 – 1912, 1926 | University of Mississippi | Oxford | Mississippi | Active |
| Alpha Phi | October 18, 1901 – 1970, 1979 | Duke University | Durham | North Carolina | Active |
| Alpha Chi | March 28, 1902 – 1907 | Kentucky Wesleyan College | Owensboro | Kentucky | Inactive |
| Alpha Psi Prime (see Gamma Eta) | February 11, 1903 – 1905 | Florida State University | Tallahassee | Florida | Inactive |
| Alpha Omega | January 30, 1903 – 2005; 2011 | North Carolina State University | Raleigh | North Carolina | Active |
| Beta Alpha | April 28, 1903 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | Rolla | Missouri | Active |
| Beta Beta | June 12, 1903 – 20xx ? | Bethany College | Bethany | West Virginia | Inactive |
| Beta Gamma | January 15, 1904 – 1939; 1976–200x ?; 2005–2016; 2020 | College of Charleston | Charleston | South Carolina | Active |
| Beta Delta | February 11, 1904 – 1920; 1925–2020 | Georgetown College | Georgetown | Kentucky | Inactive |
| Beta Epsilon | April 29, 1904 – 199x ?; 2004–2019, 2024- | University of Delaware | Newark | Delaware | Active |
| Beta Zeta | October 22, 1904 | University of Florida | Gainesville | Florida | Active |
| Beta Eta | November 17, 1905 – 2018; 2023 - | University of Oklahoma | Norman | Oklahoma | Active |
| Beta Theta | May 7, 1906 – 1965 | Washington University in St. Louis | St. Louis | Missouri | Inactive |
| Beta Iota | April 27, 1907 | Drury University | Springfield | Missouri | Active |
| Beta Kappa | September 12, 1914 | University of Maryland | College Park | Maryland | Active |
| Beta Lambda | December 6, 1916 – 2009; 2011–2017 | Southern Methodist University | Dallas | Texas | Inactive |
| Beta Mu | December 16, 1915 – 1942 | St. John's College | Annapolis | Maryland | Inactive |
| Beta Nu (see Theta Prime) | December 1, 1918 – 1938; 1976–20xx ? | Oglethorpe University | Brookhaven | Georgia | Inactive |
| Beta Xi | March 16, 1920 – 1972; 1992 | Oklahoma State University–Stillwater | Stillwater | Oklahoma | Active |
| Beta Omicron | June 25, 1921 – 1960 | University of Louisville | Louisville | Kentucky | Inactive |
| Beta Pi | December 29, 1923 | Presbyterian College | Clinton, South Carolina | South Carolina | Active |
| Beta Rho | February 1, 1924 – 1982; 1968 | Roanoke College | Salem | Virginia | Active |
| Beta Sigma | May 21, 1926 – 1990; 20xx ?–2017; 2023 | University of Southern California | Los Angeles | California | Active |
| Beta Upsilon | September 13, 1927 – 1982; 2001 | Marshall University | Huntington | West Virginia | Active |
| Beta Tau | December 3, 1927 | Mississippi State University | Starkville | Mississippi | Active |
| Alpha Psi Second | December 12, 1927 – 1986 | Rollins College | Winter Park | Florida | Inactive |
| Beta Phi | September 27, 1929 – 1979 | University of New Mexico | Albuquerque | New Mexico | Inactive |
| Beta Chi | December 18, 1929 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | Buckhannon | West Virginia | Active |
| Beta Psi | May 22, 1931 – 1953; 1956–1960 | University of California, Los Angeles | Los Angeles | California | Inactive |
| Beta Omega | March 7, 1936 – 2020 | Washington College | Chestertown | Maryland | Inactive |
| Mu | May 8, 1937 | University of Tulsa | Tulsa | Oklahoma | Active |
| Gamma Alpha | October 5, 1947 | Louisiana Tech University | Ruston | Louisiana | Active |
| Gamma Beta | November 5, 1947 – 2014; 2017 | Missouri State University | Springfield | Missouri | Colony |
| Gamma Gamma | October 2, 1948 – 199x ?; 200x ? | University of Memphis | Memphis | Tennessee | Active |
| Gamma Delta | October 16, 1948 – 1959 | San Jose State University | San Jose | California | Inactive |
| Gamma Epsilon | January 8, 1949 – 1969; 1986–2008; 2013 | University of Arizona | Tucson | Arizona | Active |
| Gamma Zeta | January 9, 1949 – 2010 | University of Southern Mississippi | Hattiesburg | Mississippi | Inactive |
| Gamma Eta (see Alpha Psi Prime) | March 5, 1949 | Florida State University | Tallahassee | Florida | Active |
| Gamma Theta | May 6, 1950 – 1963 | University of Miami | Coral Gables | Florida | Inactive |
| Gamma Iota | October 15, 1950 – 1961; 1993–2009; 2014 | San Diego State University | San Diego | California | Active |
| Gamma Kappa | May 18, 1952 – 2007 | Oklahoma City University | Oklahoma City | Oklahoma | Inactive |
| Gamma Lambda | October 4, 1953 – 2001; 2018 | University of North Texas | Denton | Texas | Active |
| Gamma Mu | February 5, 1956 – 1960; 1970 – 1997; 2013 | University of Houston | Houston | Texas | Active |
| Gamma Xi | March 10, 1957 – 1970; 199x ? | Lamar University | Beaumont | Texas | Active |
| Gamma Omicron | November 8, 1957 – 2010 | Lambuth University | Jackson | Tennessee | Inactive |
| Gamma Nu | December 9, 1957 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | Monroe | Louisiana | Active |
| Gamma Pi | May 11, 1958 – 201x ? | Florida Southern College | Lakeland | Florida | Inactive |
| Gamma Rho | September 25, 1958 | East Carolina University | Greenville | North Carolina | Active |
| Gamma Sigma | October 23, 1959 | West Texas A&M University | Canyon | Texas | Active |
| Gamma Tau | March 5, 1960 – 20xx ?; 2016 | Sam Houston State University | Huntsville | Texas | Active |
| Gamma Phi | December 2, 1960 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | Lafayette | Louisiana | Active |
| Gamma Upsilon | December 18, 1960 – 2016 | East Texas A&M University | Commerce | Texas | Inactive |
| Gamma Chi | September 22, 1961 | Texas Tech University | Lubbock | Texas | Active |
| Gamma Psi | March 15, 1963 | Northwestern State University | Natchitoches | Louisiana | Active |
| Gamma Omega | March 6, 1964 – 2008; 201x ?–20xx ? | Midwestern State University | Wichita Falls | Texas | Inactive |
| Delta Alpha | October 2, 1964 – 2017; 2023 | Western Carolina University | Cullowhee | North Carolina | Active |
| Delta Beta | November 14, 1964 | Delta State University | Cleveland | Mississippi | Active |
| Delta Gamma | March 12, 1965 – 1992; 2016–2022 | Old Dominion University | Norfolk | Virginia | Inactive |
| Delta Delta | April 26, 1966 – 1987 | East Tennessee State University | Johnson City | Tennessee | Inactive |
| Delta Epsilon (see Mu Prime) | May 14, 1966 | Newberry College | Newberry | South Carolina | Active |
| Delta Zeta | January 1, 1967 – 1970 | Spring Hill College | Mobile | Alabama | Inactive |
| Delta Eta | October 13, 1967 | Arkansas State University | Jonesboro | Arkansas | Active |
| Delta Theta | March 29, 1968 | Georgia Southern University | Statesboro | Georgia | Active |
| Delta Iota | April 26, 1968 – 200x ?; 2014 | University of Texas at Arlington | Arlington | Texas | Active |
| Delta Kappa | September 20, 1968 | Stephen F. Austin State University | Nacogdoches | Texas | Active |
| Delta Lambda | February 15, 1969 – 2014, 2020 | Middle Tennessee State University | Murfreesboro | Tennessee | Active |
| Delta Mu | February 14, 1969 | Eastern Kentucky University | Richmond | Kentucky | Active |
| Delta Nu | March 14, 1969 – 1994; 2005–2008; 2018 | Murray State University | Murray | Kentucky | Active |
| Delta Xi | October 24, 1969 | McNeese State University | Lake Charles | Louisiana | Active |
| Delta Omicron | February 21, 1970 | Clemson University | Clemson | South Carolina | Active |
| Delta Pi | October 15, 1971 – 1986; 1992 | Missouri Southern State University | Joplin | Missouri | Active |
| Delta Rho | November 20, 1972 | Valdosta State University | Valdosta | Georgia | Active |
| Delta Sigma | April 29, 1972 – 1992; 2004–2015 | Houston Baptist University (now Houston Christian University) | Houston | Texas | Inactive |
| Delta Tau | March 22, 1974 | Francis Marion University | Florence | South Carolina | Active |
| Delta Upsilon | January 31, 1975 | University of Tennessee at Martin | Martin | Tennessee | Active |
| Delta Phi | January 23, 1976 | Jacksonville State University | Jacksonville | Alabama | Active |
| Delta Chi | February 7, 1976 – 1989 | Louisiana State University Shreveport | Shreveport | Louisiana | Inactive |
| Delta Psi | April 25, 1976 | Appalachian State University | Boone | North Carolina | Active |
| Delta Omega | September 18, 1976 – 1993; 199x ?–2003; 2017 | Baylor University | Waco | Texas | Active |
| Epsilon Alpha | January 15, 1977 | University of South Alabama | Mobile | Alabama | Active |
| Epsilon Beta | February 4, 1977 | Nicholls State University | Thibodaux | Louisiana | Active |
| Epsilon Gamma | April 15, 1977 – 199x ? | University of California, Davis | Davis, California | California | Inactive |
| Epsilon Delta | January 27, 1978 | Texas A&M University | College Station | Texas | Active |
| Epsilon Epsilon | March 3, 1979 – 20xx ? | University of California, Riverside | Riverside | California | Inactive |
| Epsilon Zeta | April 7, 1979 – 200x ?; 2017 | Arkansas Tech University | Russellville | Arkansas | Active |
| Epsilon Eta (see Xi Prime) | October 7, 1979 | Virginia Tech | Blacksburg | Virginia | Active |
| Epsilon Theta | January 12, 1979 | Western Kentucky University | Bowling Green | Kentucky | Active |
| Epsilon Iota | December 7, 1979 – 2017 | Texas State University | San Marcos | Texas | Inactive |
| Epsilon Kappa | January 18, 1980 | Southeastern Louisiana University | Hammond | Louisiana | Active |
| Epsilon Lambda | April 10, 1981 | Miami University | Oxford | Ohio | Inactive |
| Epsilon Mu | January 22, 1982 | Elon University | Elon | North Carolina | Active |
| Epsilon Nu | September 18, 1982 | Georgia College & State University | Milledgeville | Georgia | Active |
| Epsilon Xi | January 28, 1984 – 2014; 2019 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | Charlotte | North Carolina | Active |
| Epsilon Omicron | October 5, 1984 – 199x ?; 2004–2015 | Virginia Wesleyan University | Virginia Beach | Virginia | Inactive |
| Epsilon Pi | January 24, 1986 – 199x ?; 2002–200x ? | Tarleton State University | Stephenville | Texas | Inactive |
| Epsilon Rho | April 11, 1986 – 1999; 2004–2016 | Purdue University | West Lafayette | Indiana | Inactive |
| Epsilon Sigma | April 18, 1986 – 2016 | University of West Florida | Pensacola | Florida | Active |
| Epsilon Tau | April 29, 1988 | Northern Arizona University | Flagstaff | Arizona | Active |
| Epsilon Upsilon | April 7, 1989 – 20xx ? | California State University, Bakersfield | Bakersfield | California | Inactive |
| Epsilon Phi | November 11, 1989 | George Mason University | Fairfax | Virginia | Active |
| Epsilon Chi | December 1, 1989 – 20xx ?; 2014 | University of Arkansas, Monticello | Monticello | Arkansas | Active |
| Epsilon Psi | September 22, 1990 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | Wilmington | North Carolina | Active |
| Epsilon Omega | October 20, 1990 | Arizona State University | Tempe | Arizona | Active |
| Zeta Alpha | November 3, 1990 – 200x ?; October 30, 2021 | University of Colorado Boulder | Boulder | Colorado | Active |
| Zeta Beta | March 2, 1991 – 2022 | Princeton University | Princeton | New Jersey | Inactive |
| Zeta Gamma | March 3, 1991 – 20xx ? | Goldey–Beacom College | Pike Creek Valley | Delaware | Inactive |
| Zeta Delta | April 6, 1991 – 1996; 2015 | University of Nevada, Reno | Reno | Nevada | Active |
| Zeta Epsilon | March 12, 1993 | Tennessee Tech | Cookeville | Tennessee | Active |
| Zeta Zeta | October 22, 1993 – 2019 | Wingate University | Wingate | North Carolina | Inactive |
| Zeta Eta | October 6, 1994 – 2015 | Pennsylvania State University | University Park | Pennsylvania | Inactive |
| Zeta Theta | April 22, 1995 | James Madison University | Harrisonburg | Virginia | Active |
| Zeta Iota | January 20, 1996 – 2017 | Indiana State University | Terre Haute | Indiana | Inactive |
| Zeta Kappa | September 21, 1996 | University of West Georgia | Carrollton | Georgia | Active |
| Zeta Lambda | February 7, 1997 – 2012; 2023 | Bowling Green State University | Bowling Green | Ohio | Active |
| Zeta Mu | April 19, 1997 – 2021 | University of Washington | Seattle | Washington | Inactive |
| Zeta Nu | January 18, 2002 | University of North Florida | Jacksonville | Florida | Active |
| Zeta Xi | December 15, 2003 – 201x ? | Texas Wesleyan University | Fort Worth | Texas | Inactive |
| Zeta Omicron | December 6, 2003 | University of Southern Indiana | Evansville | Indiana | Active |
| Zeta Pi | April 10, 2005 | Florida Gulf Coast University | Fort Myers | Florida | Active |
| Zeta Rho | May 7, 2009 | University of Arkansas–Fort Smith | Fort Smith | Arkansas | Active |
| Zeta Sigma | May 1, 2011 -2024 | Southern Illinois University Carbondale | Carbondale | Illinois | Inactive |
| Sigma Alpha Commission | May 16, 2011 | United States Military Academy | West Point | New York | Commission |
| Zeta Tau | November 19, 2011 | Austin Peay State University | Clarksville | Tennessee | Active |
| Zeta Upsilon | October 27, 2012 | University of Tennessee at Chattanooga | Chattanooga | Tennessee | Active |
| Sigma Beta Commission | May 16, 2014 | United States Naval Academy | Annapolis | Maryland | Commission |
| Zeta Phi | September 13, 2014 | High Point University | High Point | North Carolina | Active |
| Zeta Chi | March 5, 2015 | Kennesaw State University | Cobb County | Georgia | Active |
| Zeta Psi | November 17, 2017 | Campbell University | Buies Creek | North Carolina | Active |
| Zeta Omega | November 18, 2017 | Coastal Carolina University | Conway | South Carolina | Active |
| Sigma Gamma Commission | November 12, 2018 | United States Air Force Academy | Colorado Springs | Colorado | Commission |