I would like to know if such a list exists. thanks. Looking for a school with NO greek system.
If you search on Google, you can turn up a few CC threads where it’s discussed:
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/717962-top-schools-with-no-greek-scene.html
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/974960-list-of-colleges-with-no-greek-organizations.html
In addition, the SuperMatch tool in the left sidebar (http://www.collegeconfidential.com/college_search/) has a Greek Life section where you can check “I prefer schools that don’t have Greek life” and rate it MUST HAVE.
Check out the SuperMatch button in the column on your left. You can select as one of your search’s criteria “no Greek life.”
Or google and a bunch of hits will pop up.
ok thanks!
Keep in mind that there are a lot of schools where there are Greek organizations but a relatively small number of students participate and the impact on student life is minimal. In other words, don’t limit yourself so drastically.
Agree. My D1 went to an LAC that has Greek life, but she just didn’t participate and had a great college experience.
Agree with above suggestions. Also I thin that Jesuit schools do not have Greek Life – you can google the list of Jesuit schools but there are many options in terms of location, selectivity etc.
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Greek life at Jesuit schools varies - for example, Loyola Maryland has no Greek life, Loyola Chicago does, but if I recall correctly they don’t have segregated housing for Greek students, which makes for a more integrated population.
There are also variations of the answer where there may be fraternities and sororities that are completely off campus (i.e. no official recognition); within that category, the may be variations between the school’s attitude toward them (ranging from don’t care to heavily discouraging students from joining them). There are some private schools which forbid students from joining them, but there may be “underground” off-campus fraternities and/or sororities or similar organizations at some such schools. There may also be other recognized campus organizations with some fraternity and sorority like characteristics as well.
For example, Princeton has eating clubs, which have some similarities to fraternities and sororities, but also some differences. There are also off-campus fraternities and sororities, which the school heavily discourages (but does not forbid) students from joining.
Bates and Williams come to mind.
Many LACs have no fraternities or else very low membership rates. Exceptions include Hamilton and Washington & Lee.
Hamilton does not have residential fraternities. In both percentage of fraternity and sorority membership and the structure of the organizations, Hamilton bears little resemblance to Washington & Lee.
Jesuit schools may not recognize greek life but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist (e.g. Georgetown).
In no particular order (and not comprehensive). I made the list from reading posts and by checking some of the websites or googling and by using various search engines. There may be mistakes and this forum I’m sure will help correct them.
Wheaton in Mass
St. Johns colleges in Annapolis and Santa Fe (the reading colleges)
St Olaf
Whitworth
Berkeley colleges in NYC area
Cairn
Regis
Williams
Morrisville State
Western Oregon
Liberty U
Fordham
U of Scranton
U of Portland OR
Salem State
Claremont McKenna
Sage College, Albany
Kalamazoo
Dordt
Mercy
Yale, but does have Secret Societies
Franklin Pierce
U of Sioux Falls
Hollins
Barnard
Notre Dame
Albertus Magnus
UMass Boston
Bridgewater
Bryn Mawr
Brandeis
Smith
Mount Holyoke
Hampshire
Reed
Grinnell
Union (but they’ve just moved off campus)
Agnes Scott
Sweet Briar
Macalester
Earlham
Santa Clara
Oberlin
Bates
Southern Wesleyan
U of Mary Washington
Hofstra
Shanendoah
USNavel Academy
St Mary’s of MD
SUNY Maritime
Columbia College in Missouri
Unity College in Maine
Harvard
Berry
Gallaudet
Nichols
Wesleyan U
Walsh
Springfield
Holy Cross
Castleton
Neumont
Lewis and Clark
St. John’s in MN
Mary Baldwin (sp?)
McPherson
Northland
Wells College near Cornell
Cottey
Bennington
Vassar
Colby
Skidmore
Ithaca
Haverford
Juniata
Goucher
DePaul
Clark
Cazenova (sp?)
Georgetown
Boston C
Ursuline
Rice University. It’s one of the very few (the only?) top southern schools to not have a Greek system.
I don’t know of many that do not have a Greek system at all, but there are a lot of schools where the system is not prevalent and very few students participate. A couple that come to mind are Pitt (I know someone who specifically chose it because they didn’t want a large Greek presence on campus) and NYU.
Quaker schools tend not to have Fraternities/Sororities.
As former Gallaudet student I must differ on this list. Gallaudet University has 4 fraternities and 4 sororities, according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallaudet_University#Greek_life . Will readmit but will not pledged.
I’m starting at La Salle University in August. We have four sororities and five fraternities. Rush week is delayed until spring, once freshmen are settled in. Our Greek system annually raises over $20,000 for charities; they’re more focused on philanthropy than partying.
You could be excluding yourself from many great achools and potentially many attractive FA/scholarship opportunities by blanketly nixxing schools with a greek presence. Greek members comprise a minority at just about every school, and their activities easily ignored.