U.S. News Names the Ten Colleges With the Highest Percentage of Students in Fraternities
12 years ago

If you REALLY hate GDIs then these are the schools for you, because apparently they have the fewest drum circles and long boards.

1. Welch College (TN)-98%
2. Lyon College (AR)-92%
3. Washington and Lee University (VA)-86%
4. DePauw University (IN)-76%
5. Sewanee–University of the South (TN)-67%
6. Millsaps College (MS)-60%
7. York College (NE)-60%
8. Wabash College (IN)-52%
9. Transylvania College (KY)-50%
10. Dartmouth College (NH)-48%

Nationally, fraternity membership at universities is obviously at a much smaller percentage.

At the 951 ranked college and universities that reported fraternity participation data to U.S. News in a 2012 survey, an average of 8.1 percent of the male, degree-seeking undergraduate students enrolled in fall 2011 were members of a fraternity.

We are the 8.1%.

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  2. GeneralFratty

    Washington and Lee being 3 on this list and named after two of the greatest Americans ever. TFM.

    12 years ago at 11:46 am
    3. Frattin in Farmland

      Yeah, since Wabash is one of the best schools in the nation. And they bring in busses of women every weekend.

      12 years ago at 12:09 pm
    4. Papa_Burgundy

      ^A buddy of mine goes to Wabash so i’ve been there before. So, let me just say that “busses full of women” going there is the biggest bullshit i’ve ever heard

      12 years ago at 12:18 pm
    5. Douglas MacArthur

      I am a DePauw alum and yes, there is a lot of beer, but there’s also just as much liquor. Tailgates suck, the school is liberal as shit, the school likes to meddle in greek life, the girls are slightly better than average with very few dimes, and some of the sororities and fraternities are a joke. However, the most of the fraternity chapters are nearing 150 years old so there is a lot of history, the top few fraternities can rival state school chapters, and there is nothing to do in Greencastle but drink and rage.
      tl;dr DePauw as a whole sucks, but the fraternities as a whole are strong.

      12 years ago at 1:06 pm
    6. Too Frat To Fail

      ^ When did you even graduate, because you’re completely wrong. Top 10 party school, were you even in a top-tier house?

      12 years ago at 3:59 pm
    8. Douglas MacArthur

      I graduated in May, so things should be about the same. The truth is that students at DePauw don’t know much about greek life outside of the DePauw bubble. My father and 2 siblings were all greek at state schools so I have references to draw comparisons and to view DePauw from another perspective. DePauw students party, but DePauw as an institution is becoming increasingly hostile toward the top-tier houses. Also don’t try to defend the tailgates or girls, because that will only show your ignorance. To clarify my previous statement, DePauw as an institution sucks, but the fraternities are strong.

      12 years ago at 11:12 pm
    9. Too Frat To Fail

      Tailgates sure, but girls are pretty good, between Pi Phi, Theta, and Phi at least.

      12 years ago at 9:22 pm
    10. Douglas MacArthur

      Yeah there are some above average looking girls in those houses, but very many great looking girls. There’s lots of 6s and 7s but just about no 8s or 9s.

      12 years ago at 9:23 pm
    3. Oldgopherballs

      Why in the fuck would I go to a small private liberal arts school when I could go to a major research-oriented public school, where I don’t have to latch onto other schools in order to not be bored out of my skull?

      12 years ago at 7:18 pm
  6. duckdog

    Welch College: A Christian Community of Faith and Learning. Sounds FaF. US News and World Report Rankings are all bullshit anyway. The first year they did their MBA rankings they listed Princeton in the Top 25 which would have been awesome for Princeton if they had a Business School.

    12 years ago at 12:45 pm
  9. Cockmeatsandwich

    There’s no way a school has 98% of the kids there worthy of a fraternity. Part of what makes fraternities so great is only the top kids at a school are in them. So fuck off Welch college.

    12 years ago at 3:04 pm
    3. gatorjoe95

      Welch is a Baptist Christian college so the fraternities there are probably much different from secular colleges (no drinking, partying etc.)… second of all some universities only tend to enroll well-to-do whites going into business which is why Dartmouth has such a high percentage.

      12 years ago at 5:05 pm
  11. Beta Theta Phrat

    DePauw and Dartmouth and Washington and Lee are the only two real colleges on here.

    12 years ago at 10:51 pm