National Statistics

*Nationally, 71% of all fraternity and sorority member graduate, while only 50% of non-members graduate.

*The All fraternity and sorority GPA is higher than the overall collegiate GPA.

*Since 1910, 85% of the Supreme Court Justices have been fraternity or sorority members.

*85% of the Fortune 500 key executives are fraternity or sorority members.

*Of the nation's 50 largest corporations, 43 are headed by fraternity or sorority members.

*76% of Who's Who in America are fraternity or sorority members.

*All but two Presidents since 1825 have been fraternity or sorority members.

*70% of the U.S. Presidents' cabinet members since 1900 have been fraternity or sorority members.

*76% of U.S. Senators are fraternity or sorority members.

*Both women appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court were sorority members.

*Over 85% of the student leaders on 730 campuses are members of Greek-letter organizations.

*Less than 2% of average college student expenses go towards membership dues.

*A study by the University of Missouri found that Greeks throughout the US and Canada are more involved on their campuses and rate their overall university experience better.

*The same study found that fraternity or sorority members are more involved in their communities; and give more generously to their alma maters.

*Fraternity or sorority members form the largest network of volunteers in the U.S.-Nationally, fraternity or sorority members volunteer approximately 10 million hours of community service annually.

*Fraternity or sorority membership strongly encourages within its community to uphold the ideals that they were founded on: sisterhood and brotherhood, scholarship, leadership, philanthropy, and becoming better citizens of society.

*Hazing is against National Fraternity or Sorority Headquarters policies.

*Nationally, fraternity or sorority members are the largest and most visible value-based student organizations.

Compared to non-members, fraternity and sorority members...

  • are 28 percent more likely to stay in college.
  • tend to get better grades.
  • participate more in extra curricular campus activities than other students.
  • tend to be more financially successful.
  • provide more support for their alma maters as alumni.
 
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