List of Phi Iota Alpha chapters

Phi Iota Alpha is the oldest active intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for men of Latino descent in the United States. The fraternity was founded on December 26, 1931 from the merger of Sigma Iota and Phi Lambda Alpha, two smaller Latino fraternities.^[1][2] It expanded into a national organization with nine chapters.^[2][3] The fraternity went defunct in 1973 when its last chapter closed.^[2]

Phi Iota Alpha was re-established at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the spring semester 1984.^[2] The fraternity began expanding, chartering chapters at universities and colleges across the United States.^[2][4] Phi Iota Alpha has collegiate chapters, a graduate/professional chapter, and associate chapters.^[2][4] The fraternity's colonies are called associate chpaters.^[2][4]

Original chapters

National chapters

Following are the original nine chapters of Phi Iota Alpha within the mainland United States.^[3]

Chapter	Charter date and range	Institution	Location	Status	References
Alpha	December 26, 1931 – 1975	Louisiana State University	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	Inactive	[1][a]
Beta	December 26, 1931 – 19xx	University of Southern California	Los Angeles, California	Inactive	[b]
Gamma	December 26, 1931 – 1973	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Troy, New York	Inactive	[c]
Delta	December 26, 1931 – 193x ?	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Cambridge, Massachusetts	Inactive	[d]
Epsilon	December 26, 1931 – 1955	Trine University	Angola, Indiana	Inactive	[d]
Zeta	December 26, 1931 – 1944	Tulane University	New Orleans, Louisiana	Inactive	[e]
Eta	December 26, 1931 –	Loyola University New Orleans	New Orleans, Louisiana	Inactive	[f]
Theta	December 26, 1931 – 19xx ?	Columbia University	New York City, New York	Inactive	[g]
Iota	December 26, 1931 – 19xx ?	Cornell University	Ithaca, New York	Inactive	[h]
Kappa	1958–19xx ?	University of Miami	Coral Gables, Florida	Inactive
Nu	1958–1963	Indiana Institute of Technology	Fort Wayne, Indiana	Inactive

1. Chapter formed from Sigma Iota, established in 1904.
2. Chapter formed from Phi Lambda Alpha, established in 1919.
3. Chapter formed from Phi Lambda Alpha, established in 1898.
4. Chapter formed from Phi Lambda Alpha, established in 1921.
5. Chapter formed from Sigma Iota, established in 1924.
6. Chapter formed from Sigma Iota, established in 1927.
7. Chapter formed from Phi Lambda Alpha, established in 1928.
8. Chapter formed from Phi Lambda Alpha, established in 1929.

International chapters

Following are two of the original international chapters of Phi Iota Alpha within the mainland United States.^[3]

Chapter	Charter date and range	Institution	Location	Status	References
Juarez			Mexico	Inactive	[5][a]
Marti			Cuba	Inactive	[5][b]

1. International chapters of the fraternity did not have a Greek-lettered designation given to them as of 1955.
2. International chapters of the fraternity did not have a Greek-lettered designation given to them as of 1955.

Current chapters

In the following list of Phi Iota Alpha chapters, active chapters are indicated in bold and inactive chapters and institutions are in italics.^[2][4]

Chapters	Charter date and range	Institution	Location	Status	References
Alpha	1984	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Troy, New York	Active	[6]
Beta	1987–199x ?, 1997–20xx ?	Stony Brook University	Stony Brook, New York	Inactive
Gamma	1987–20xx ?	State University of New York at New Paltz	New Paltz, New York	Inactive
Delta	1987	State University of New York at Albany	Albany, New York	Active
Epsilon	1987–xxxx ?	Binghamton University	Vestal, New York	Inactive
Zeta	1990–2020	Hofstra University	Hempstead, New York	Inactive
Eta	1991	Union College	Schenectady, New York	Active
		Siena College	Loudonville, New York
Theta	1992	State University of New York at Old Westbury	Old Westbury, New York	Active
Iota	1992–20xx ?	State University of New York at Oswego	Oswego, New York	Inactive	[a]
Kappa	1995	Syracuse University	Syracuse, New York	Active	[b]
Lambda	1995	State University College at Buffalo	Buffalo, New York	Inactive
		University at Buffalo
Mu	1995	Columbia University	New York City, New York	Active	[7]
Nu	1996–20xx ?	Boston College	Boston, Massachusetts	Inactive
		Boston University
		Northeastern University
Xi	1996–20xx ?	Harvard University	Cambridge, Massachusetts	Inactive
Omicron	1996–20xx ?	New York University	New York City, New York	Inactive
Pi	1997–20xx ?	Rochester Institute of Technology	Rochester, New York	Inactive	[c]
		University of Rochester
Rho	1998–20xx ?	Marist College	Poughkeepsie, New York	Inactive
Sigma	1998–20xx ?	City University of New York	New York City, New York	Inactive
Tau	1999–20xx ?	Baylor University	Waco, Texas	Inactive	[d]
Upsilon	1999–xxxx ?	University of Miami	Coral Gables, Florida	Inactive
Phi	1999	Michigan State University	East Lansing, Michigan	Active
Chi	1999–20xx ?	University of Dayton	Dayton, Ohio	Inactive
		University of Illinois Chicago	Chicago, Illinois
Psi	1999	LIU Post	Brookville, New York	Active
Omega				Memorial
Alpha Alpha	2000–20xx ?	Louisiana State University	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	Inactive
Alpha Beta	2000–20xx ?	University of Maryland, College Park	College Park, Maryland	Inactive
Alpha Gamma	2000–20xx ?	St. John's University	New York City, New York	Inactive
Alpha Delta	2000	State University of New York at Plattsburgh	Plattsburgh, New York	Inactive
Alpha Epsilon	2000	California State University, Dominguez Hills	Carson, California	Active
Alpha Zeta	2000–20xx ?	St. Thomas Aquinas College	Sparkill, New York	Inactive
Alpha Eta	2002–20xx ?	University of Texas at San Antonio	San Antonio, Texas	Inactive
Alpha Theta	2005–20xx ?	University of California, Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz, California	Inactive
Alpha Iota	2006–20xx ?	University of Massachusetts Amherst	Amherst, Massachusetts	Inactive
Alpha Kappa	200x ?	Villanova University	Villanova, Pennsylvania	Inactive
Alpha Lambda	2007	University of Arkansas	Fayetteville, Arkansas	Active
Alpha Mu	2008	Florida State University	Tallahassee, Florida	Active
Alpha Nu	2011	University of North Texas	Denton, Texas	Active	[e]
Alpha Xi	2011–20xx ?	University of Texas at Austin	Austin, Texas	Inactive
Alpha Omicron	2011–20xx ?	Texas State University	San Marcos, Texas	Inactive	[f]
Alpha Pi	2011–20xx ?	Armstrong State University	Savannah, Georgia	Inactive
Alpha Rho	2011–20xx ?	Rutgers University–New Brunswick	New Brunswick, New Jersey	Inactive
Alpha Sigma	2011–20xx ?	Georgia Southern University	Statesboro, Georgia	Inactive
Alpha Tau	2011	University of California, Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara, California	Inactive
Alpha Upsilon	2011–20xx ?	Lamar University	Beaumont, Texas	Inactive
Alpha Phi	2011–20xx ?	Queens College, City University of New York	Flushing, Queens, New York	Inactive
Alpha Chi	2011	Lewis University	Romeoville, Illinois	Active	[g]
Alpha Psi	2011–20xx ?	Rutgers University–Newark	Newark, New Jersey	Inactive
		New Jersey Institute of Technology
Alpha Omega	2011	Aurora University	Aurora, Illinois	Active
Beta Alpha	2012	Utica University	Utica, New York	Active
Beta Beta	2012	California State University, Long Beach	Long Beach, California	Active
Beta Gamma	2013–20xx ?	Florida International University	University Park, Florida	Inactive
Beta Delta	2011	East Texas A&M University	Commerce, Texas	Active	[h]
Beta Epsilon	201x ?	Texas A&M University	College Station, Texas	Active	[g]
Beta Zeta	201x ?	Denison University	Granville, Ohio	Active	[i]
Beta Eta	2014–2022	Grand Valley State University	Allendale, Michigan	Inactive	[i]
Beta Theta	2014	University of California, San Diego	San Diego, California	Active
Beta Iota	2014	University of South Carolina	Columbia, South Carolina	Active
Beta Kappa	201x ?	Georgetown University	Washington, D.C.	Inactive
Beta Lambda	201x ?	University of Texas–Pan American	Edinburg, Texas	Active
Beta Mu	201x ?	Texas Tech University	Lubbock, Texas	Inactive
Beta Nu	201x ?	Western Michigan University	Kalamazoo, Michigan	Active
Beta Xi	2016	University of Kansas	Lawrence, Kansas	Active	[8]
Beta Omicron	2016–2021	Southern Illinois University Carbondale	Carbondale, Illinois	Inactive
Beta Pi	2017–20xx ?	San Francisco State University	San Francisco, California	Inactive
Beta Rho	2017	University of New Mexico	Albuquerque, New Mexico	Active
Beta Sigma	2017	Kennesaw State University	Cobb County, Georgia	Active
Beta Tau	2019	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	Champaign, Illinois	Active	[9][j]
Beta Upsilon	2019	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, Michigan	Active
Beta Phi	2021	Northeastern Illinois University	Chicago, Illinois	Active	[j]
Beta Chi	2021	George Mason University	Fairfax, Virginia	Active	[1][k]
Beta Psi	2022	University of Oklahoma	Norman, Oklahoma	Active
Beta Omega	2023	Texas Woman's University	Denton, Texas	Active
Gamma Alpha		Texas A&M International University	Laredo, Texas	Active
Gamma Pi		Graduate and Professional		Active	[l]
		California State University, Los Angeles	Los Angeles, California	Colony	[m]
		Cincinnati Citywide	Cincinnati, Ohio	Colony
		Emporia State University	Emporia, Kansas	Colony	[m]
		George Washington University	Washington, D.C.	Colony	[n]
		Johns Hopkins University	Baltimore, Maryland	Colony	[o]
		New Mexico Highlands University	Las Vegas, New Mexico	Colony	[m]
		State University of New York at Cortland	Cortland, New York	Colony	[p]
		Farmingdale State College	East Farmingdale, New York	Colony	[n]
		University of Central Arkansas	Conway, Arkansas	Colony
		University of Chicago	Chicago, Illinois	Colony	[q]
		University of Cincinnati	Cincinnati, Ohio	Colony

Phi Iota Alpha chapters are located in the states indicated in red.

1. Chapter formed from F I A T, established in 1990.
2. Chapter formed from F I A T, established in 1994.
3. Chapter formed from F I A T Club, established in 1995.
4. Chapter formed from Phi Lambda Alpha, established in 1997.
5. Chapter formed as a colon in 2005.
6. Chapter formed as a colony in 2006.
7. Chapter formed as a colony in 2007.
8. Texas A&M University at Commerce changed its name to East Texas A&M University on 7 November 2024.
9. Chapter formed as a colony in 2009.
10. Chapter started as a colony in 2014.
11. Chapter started as a colony in 2013.
12. Chapter started as a colony in 2015.
13. Colony was formed in 2013.
14. Colony was formed in 2017.
15. Colony was formed in 2012.
16. Colony was formed in 2010.
17. Colony was formed in 2018.

References

1. "Phi Iota Alpha Scorecard | Student Involvement". George Mason University. Retrieved December 3, 2024.
2. Lurding, Carroll and Becque, Fran. (October 20, 2024) "Phi Iota Alpha". Almanac of Fraternities and Sororities. Urbana: University of Illinois. Accessed December 3, 2024.
3. Lurding, Carroll and Becque, Fran. (October 20, 2024) "Inactive Men's" Almanac of Fraternities and Sororities. Urbana: University of Illinois. Accessed December 3, 2024.
4. "Chapters". Phi Iota Alpha Fraternity Inc. Retrieved December 3, 2024.
5. Gumbo (yearbook). Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. 1955. Retrieved May 1, 2025.
6. "The Alpha Chapter of Phi Iota Alpha Fraternity, Inc". Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Retrieved December 3, 2024.
7. "ΦΙΑ - Mu Chapter". www.columbia.edu. Retrieved December 3, 2024.
8. "Phi Iota Alpha Fraternity, Inc. | Rock Chalk Central". University of Kansas. Retrieved December 3, 2024.
9. "Phi Iota Alpha Fraternity, Inc. | Fraternity & Sorority Affairs". University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Retrieved December 3, 2024.