•   Total Fraternities: 15
•   Total Sororities: 7
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Drake University is a small private school in Des Moines, Iowa, with just under 3,000 undergraduates, and the Greek system here reflects that scale. It's not a massive Greek Row situation, but there's a real presence on campus across multiple councils — IFC, Panhellenic, and NPHC chapters all have organizations here, which gives the community more range than you might expect from a school this size.

On the IFC and Panhellenic side, you've got the usual structure — fraternities like Sigma Chi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Delta Theta, Alpha Tau Omega, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Tau Kappa Epsilon, and Theta Chi, alongside Panhellenic sororities including Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Phi, Delta Gamma, Kappa Alpha Theta, and Kappa Kappa Gamma. NPHC is also represented with historically Black fraternities and sororities including Kappa Alpha Psi, Omega Psi Phi, Alpha Phi Alpha, Phi Beta Sigma, Delta Sigma Theta, and Alpha Kappa Alpha.

Recruitment for IFC chapters tends to be informal compared to bigger state schools — think meet-and-greet events and casual hangouts rather than the high-pressure week-long process you'd see at a Big Ten school. Panhellenic formal recruitment does follow a more structured format with rounds and preference events. NPHC chapters operate on an intake model, which runs on its own separate timeline.

Des Moines gives Greek life here an interesting backdrop. The city has enough going on that social life isn't purely campus-contained, but Greek organizations still anchor a lot of the social activity on campus itself, especially for underclassmen. Philanthropy is a consistent part of chapter culture — most orgs run at least one major fundraising event per year tied to their national philanthropy.

Housing is limited compared to larger schools. Some chapters have houses or designated spaces, but Drake isn't a school where an entire street is lined with fraternity and sorority houses. The community is smaller and more intimate, which means people generally know each other across chapters pretty well.