List of Delta Tau Delta chapters

Delta Tau Delta is an international college fraternity. It was founded at Bethany College, Bethany, Virginia, (now West Virginia) in 1858. In the early years of the fraternity, chapter names were assigned, removed, and reassigned in rapid succession. There are at least two incidents of the same name being issued simultaneously. Other chapters selected names and began operating without authorization from the national fraternity; while some were eventually authorized, others were disbanded. All records from Alpha Prime were lost; Alpha Third was lax in record keeping and ended in scandal. As a result, there are information gaps, especially from 1858 to 1875.

In 1877, James Eaton constructed a multi-part history of the fraternity for the Crescent magazine from his memory as the founder of multiple chapters, from the fraternity's records, and interviews with living chapter founders. He documented chapters and name changes that were unknown to William Raimond Baird when he published the first edition of his Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities in 1879. For example, Baird lists Mount Union College as Sigma Second but does not list Sigma Prime or the two other Sigma chapters that predated Mount Union. Baird also lists charter dates, but leaves the institution's name blank in some instances. Eaton often fills in those blanks, but tends to list institutions by place name only, which presents a different set of challenges.

In the following Delta Tau Delta chapter list, active chapters are indicated in bold and inactive chapters and institutions are in italics. ChapterCharter date and rangeInstitutionLocationStatus Alpha Prime (see Eta Prime) –1860Bethany CollegeBethany, West VirginiaInactiveAlpha Second (see Gamma) – Jefferson College Washington, PennsylvaniaConsolidatedAlpha Third (see Omicron Prime and Mu Third) –1874Ohio Wesleyan UniversityDelaware, OhioActiveAlpha (see Delta Second) –1997, 2001Allegheny CollegeMeadville, PennsylvaniaActiveBeta –2009, 2018–2021Ohio UniversityAthens, OhioInactive"Ohio University fraternity kicked off campus for hazing". Columbus Dispatch. January 22, 2010. Retrieved March 26, 2019.Gamma Prime – 1862West Liberty CollegeWest Liberty, West VirginiaInactiveGamma (see Alpha Second) Washington & Jefferson CollegeWashington, PennsylvaniaActiveDelta Prime –1862Morgantown Academy Morgantown, West VirginiaInactiveDelta Second (see Alpha) –1875Allegheny CollegeMeadville, PennsylvaniaReissuedDelta (see Beta Beta prime) –2005, 2007University of MichiganAnn Arbor, MichiganActiveEpsilon Prime – Franklin CollegeNew Athens, OhioInactiveEpsilon Second (see Iota Pime) – 1875Western University of Pennsylvania Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaInactiveEpsilon Albion CollegeAlbion, MichiganActiveZeta Prime – March 29, 1871Monmouth CollegeMonmouth, IllinoisInactiveZeta –1894, 1895Case Western Reserve UniversityCleveland, OhioActiveEta Prime (see Pi Prime and Theta) – 1865Bethany CollegeBethany, West VirginiaInactiveEta –1895, 1972–2004University of AkronAkron, OhioInactiveTheta (see Pi Prime) –1895, 1966Bethany CollegeBethany, West VirginiaActiveIota Prime (see Epsilon Second) – 186x ?Western University (now University of Pittsburgh)Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaInactive, ReissuedIota Second – 1871Jamestown Collegiate Institute Jamestown, New YorkInactiveIota (see Xi prime) – 1897; 1947–1997; 2000–2004Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, MichiganInactiveKappa Prime – 1868Poughkeepsie Institute Poughkeepsie, New YorkInactiveKappa (see Sigma Prime) –2003, 2009Hillsdale CollegeHillsdale, MichiganActiveLambda Prime – 1885Lombard UniversityGalesburg, IllinoisInactiveLambda –1930, 2014–2020Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, TennesseeInactiveMu Prime –1862Waynesburg CollegeWaynesburg, PennsylvaniaInactiveMu Second (see Beta Alpha) – 1875Indiana UniversityBloomington, IndianaInactive, ReissuedMu (Mu Third) (see Omicron Prime and Alpha Third) Ohio Wesleyan UniversityDelaware, OhioActiveNu Prime –1877Iowa Wesleyan CollegeMount Pleasant, IowaInactiveNu – 1893; 1906–1988; 2016Lafayette CollegeEaston, PennsylvaniaActiveXi Prime (See Iota) – 1872Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, MichiganInactiveXi – 1894Simpson Centenary CollegeIndianola, IowaInactiveOmicron Prime (see Alpha Third and Mu Third) – 1868Ohio Wesleyan UniversityDelaware, OhioReissuedOmicron Second (see Beta Beta) – 1874; 1875–1880Indiana Asbury UniversityGreencastle, IndianaInactive, ReissuedOmicron Third (see Tau) – 1874Franklin & Marshall CollegeLancaster, PennsylvaniaReissuedOmicron –1999, 2013University of IowaIowa City, IowaActivePi Prime (see Theta and Eta Prime) – Bethany CollegeBethany, West VirginiaInactive, ReissuedPi Second (see Beta Lambda) – 1885Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, PennsylvaniaInactive, ReissuedPi –1912, 1926–1942, 2023University of MississippiOxford, MississippiActiveRho Prime – 1875Lake Shore Seminary North East, New YorkInactiveRho Stevens Institute of TechnologyHoboken, New JerseyActiveSigma Prime (see Kappa) – 1869Hillsdale CollegeHillsdale, MichiganReissuedSigma Second –1886Mount Union CollegeAlliance, OhioInactiveSigma –1896Williams CollegeWilliamstown, MassachusettsInactiveTau Prime – 1873; 1912–1968; 1977–2018Pennsylvania State UniversityState College, PennsylvaniaInactiveTau (See Omicron Third) –1895Franklin & Marshall CollegeLancaster, PennsylvaniaInactiveUpsilon Prime (see Beta Upsilon) – 1879Illinois Industrial InstituteUrbana, IllinoisInactive, ReissuedUpsilon Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy, New YorkActivePhi Prime – 1895Hanover CollegeHanover, IndianaInactivePhi –1992Washington and Lee UniversityLexington, VirginiaInactiveChi Prime – 1880Westminster CollegeNew Wilmington, PennsylvaniaInactiveChi Second – February 5, 1872; 1872–1877Franklin CollegeFranklin, IndianaInactiveChi Third –1880Iowa Wesleyan CollegeMount Pleasant, IowaInactiveChi Kenyon CollegeGambier, OhioActivePsi Prime (see Beta Psi) –c. 1872Wabash CollegeCrawfordsville, IndianaInactivePsi Second –1876name unknownLexington, KentuckyInactivePsi -1895, 1910–1914College of WoosterWooster, OhioInactiveOmega Prime (see Gamma Pi) –1894Iowa Agricultural CollegeAmes, IowaInactive, ReissuedOmega –1971, 1992–1999, 2005-2021University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaInactiveAlpha Beta – 1876Abingdon CollegeAbingdon, IllinoisInactiveBeta Alpha (see Mu Second) –2016Indiana UniversityBloomington, IndianaColonyBeta Beta prime (see Delta)1875–1877University of MichiganAnn Arbor, MichiganInactive,