Alpha Kappa Alpha is the first Greek letter sorority for African American college students. It was founded at Howard University in 1908.
Collegiate chapters
Following is a list of Alpha Kappa Alpha collegiate chapters. Active chapters are indicated in bold; inactive chapters and institutions are in italic. { | class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;" !Chapter !Chartere date and range !Founding Location !City !State or territory !Status !References |- |Alpha | |Howard University |Washington |District of Columbia |Active | |- |Beta | |University of Chicago, University of Illinois at Chicago, Loyola University Chicago, Roosevelt University and Columbia College Chicago (Chicago Citywide) |Chicago |Illinois |Active | |- |Gamma | |University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |Champaign |Illinois |Active | |- |Delta | |University of Kansas |Lawrence |Kansas |Active | |- |Epsilon | |Boston University, Babson College, Bentley University, Boston College, Brandeis University, Emerson College, Emmanuel College, Pine Manor College, Simmons College, Suffolk University and Tufts University (Boston Citywide) |Boston |Massachusetts |Active | |- |Zeta |1916 |Wilberforce University |Wilberforce |Ohio |Active | |- |Theta (First) | | | | |Reissued | |- | Iota | |University of Pittsburgh |Pittsburgh |Pennsylvania |Active | |- |Theta (Second) | |Ohio State University |Columbus |Ohio |Active | |- |Kappa | |Butler University, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Franklin College, Marian University and University of Indianapolis (Indianapolis Citywide) |Indianapolis |Indiana |Active | |- |Xi (First) | – 1949 |Detroit Citywide |Detroit |Michigan |Inactive, Reissued | |- |Omicron | |University of Cincinnati |Cincinnati |Ohio |Active | |- |Pi | |Fisk University |Nashville |Tennessee |Inactive, Reissued | |- |Rho (First) | | | | |Reissued | |- |Tau | |Indiana University Bloomington |Bloomington |Indiana |Active | |- |Eta (Second) |1922–19xx ? |University of Minnesota |Minneapolis |Minnesota |Inactive, Reissued | |- |Lambda (Second) | |Columbia University, Barnard College, New York University, the City College of New York, Baruch College, Hunter College and Touro College (New York Citywide) |New York City |New York |Active | |- |Mu (Second) |1922–1945 |Temple University |Philadelphia |Pennsylvania |Inactive, Reissued | |- |Nu (Second) | |West Virginia State University |Institute |West Virginia |Active | |- |Rho (Second) | |University of California, Berkeley |Berkeley |California |Active | |- |Sigma (Second) |1922–19xx ? |University of Southern California |Los Angeles |California |Inactive | |- |Upsilon | |Washburn University |Topeka |Kansas |Active | |- |Phi | |Wiley College |Marshall |Texas |Active | |- |Chi |1925 |Talladega College |Talladega |Alabama |Active | |- |Omega | |Baldwin Wallace University, Case Western Reserve University, John Carroll University, Notre Dame College, Cleveland State University, Cleveland Institute of Art, Ursuline College (Cleveland Citywide) |Cleveland |Ohio |Active | |- |Psi (First) |1925–1947 |University of Pennsylvania |Philadelphia |Pennsylvania |Inactive, Reissued | |- |Alpha Alpha | | | | |Inactive ? | |- |Alpha Beta (First) | | | | |Reissued | |- |Alpha Gamma | |University of California, Los Angeles |Los Angeles |California |Active | |- |Alpha Delta | |Morgan State University |Baltimore |Maryland |Active | |- |Alpha Epsilon |1926 |Virginia State University |Ettrick |Virginia |Active | |- |Alpha Zeta (First) |1925–1933 |Atlanta Citywide |Atlanta |Georgia |Inactive, Reissued | |- |Alpha Eta |1927 |Virginia Union University |Richmond |Virginia |Active | |- |Alpha Theta (First) |1927–19xx ? |University of Nebraska–Lincoln |Lincoln |Nebraska |Inactive, Reissued | |- |Alpha Iota (First) | | | | |Inactive, Reissued | |- |Alpha Kappa | |University of Northern Colorado, University of Denver, University of Colorado at Boulder, University of Colorado at Denver (Denver Citywide) |Denver |Colorado |Active | |- |Alpha Lambda |1928 |University of Toledo |Toledo |Ohio |Active | |- |Alpha Iota (Second) |1930 |Lincoln University |Jefferson City |Missiouri |Active | |- |Alpha Mu (First) |1930–19xx ? |Samuel Huston College |Austin |Texas |Inactive, Reissued | |- |Alpha Nu (First) |1931–193x ? |Eastern Michigan University |Ypsilanti |Michigan |Inactive, Reissued | |- |Alpha Pi |1930 |Clark Atlanta University |Atlanta |Georgia |Active | |- |Alpha Xi |1931 |Livingstone College |Salisbury |North Carolina |Active | |- |Alpha Omicron (First) |1931–1940 |San Francisco State University |San Francisco |California |Inactive, Reissued | |- |Alpha Rho (First) |1931–19xx ? |Wichita Citywide |Wichita |Kansas |Inactive, Reissued | |- |Alpha Sigma (First) |1931–-1946 |Phoenix Areawide |Phoenix |Arizona |Inactive,