The list of Phi Beta Sigma chapters includes active and inactive chapters of Phi Beta Sigma. Founded on January 9, 1914 on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C., Phi Beta Sigma has opened chapters at other colleges, universities, and cities, and named them with Greek-letters. The fraternity's expansion started with its second and third chapters, chartered at Wiley College and Morgan State College respectively in 1915. Today, the fraternity serves through a membership of more than 200,000 men in over 700 chapters in the United States, Europe, Asia, and the Caribbean. The fraternity has reserved the designation Omega chapter as a memorial to those brothers who are deceased. Graduate chapters are indicated by Sigma at the end of their chapter name.
Regions
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity organizes its chapters according to their regions in the United States and abroad. The seven regions are each led by a regional director and a regional board. A comprehensive list of regions is shown below:
The states that make up the Great Lakes Region are: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin.
Collegiate chapters
Graduate chapters
Gulf Coast
The states that make up the Gulf Coast Region are: Louisiana, New Mexico and Texas.
Collegiate chapters
Graduate chapters
Southeastern
The States that make up the Southeastern Region are: North Carolina, South Carolina and all of Tennessee east of the 86th Longitude.
Collegiate chapters
Graduate chapters
Southern
The states that make up the Southern Region are: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi. In addition to those four states, all chapters in the country of the Bahamas are included in this region.
Collegiate chapters
Graduate chapters
Southwestern
The states that make up the Southwestern Region are: Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma and all of Tennessee west of the 86th Longitude.
Collegiate chapters
Graduate chapters
Western
The Western region, with 15 states, holds the largest number of states within a region in Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity. The states that make up the Western Region are: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wyoming. In addition to these states, all chapters within the continent of Asia are in this region.
