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{{Short description|none}}[[Sigma Xi]] is an international scientific research [[honor society]]. In addition to collegiate chapters the society maintains several area or company-based chapters. Following is a '''list of Sigma Xi chapters'''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chapter Directory |url=https://www.sigmaxi.org/chapters#locatechapter |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=Sigma Xi}}</ref><ref name="Baird's">{{cite book |editor1-first=Jack L. |editor1-last=Anson |editor2-first=Robert F. |editor2-last=Marchenasi |title=Baird's Manual of American Fraternities |edition=20th |year=1991 |origyear=1879 |publisher=Baird's Manual Foundation, Inc. |location=Indianapolis, IN |isbn=978-0963715906 |page=VI-136-138}}</ref> Active chapters are indicated in '''bold'''. Inactive chapters or institutions are in ''italics''.
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| ''Tennessee, Medical''
| {{dts|1956}}
| Area chapter ?
| [[city]]
| [[Tennessee]]
| Inactive
|
|-
| '''Alabama, Medical'''
| {{dts|1957}}
| [[University of Alabama at Birmingham]]
| [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]]
| [[Alabama]]
| Active
|
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| '''Howard'''
| {{dts|1957}}
| [[Howard University]]
| [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]]
| [[District of Columbia|D.C.]]
| Active
|
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| '''New Mexico State'''
| {{dts|1957}}
| [[New Mexico State University]]
| [[Las Cruces, New Mexico|Las Cruces]]
| [[New Mexico]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''South Dakota'''
| {{dts|1957}}
| [[University of South Dakota]]
| [[Vermillion, South Dakota|Vermillion]]
| [[South Dakota]]
| Active
| {{efn|Baird's Manual (20th ed.) errantly shows this as the South Dakota State chapter. However, the national website shows it as the University of South Dakota chapter, with the corresponding year.}}
|-
| '''Fordham'''
| {{dts|1958}}
| [[Fordham University]]
| [[The Bronx]]
| [[New York (state)|New York]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Rockefeller Institute'''
| {{dts|1958}}
| [[Rockefeller University]]
| [[New York City]]
| [[New York (state)|New York]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''South Carolina'''
| {{dts|1958}}
| [[University of South Carolina]]
| [[Columbia, South Carolina|Columbia]]
| [[South Carolina]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''U.S. Navy Postgraduate School'''
| {{dts|1958}}
| [[Naval Postgraduate School]]
| [[Monterey, California|Monterey]]
| [[California]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Delaware'''
| {{dts|1959}}
| [[University of Delaware]]
| [[Newark, Delaware|Newark]]
| [[Delaware]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Marquette'''
| {{dts|1960}}
| [[Marquette University]]
| [[Milwaukee]]
| [[Wisconsin]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Texas Tech'''
| {{dts|1960}}
| [[Texas Tech University]]
| [[Lubbock, Texas|Lubbock]]
| [[Texas]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Ohio'''
| {{dts|1961}}
| [[Ohio University]]
| [[Athens, Ohio|Athens]]
| [[Ohio]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''South Dakota State'''
| {{dts|1961}}
| [[South Dakota State University]]
| [[Brookings, South Dakota|Brookings]]
| [[South Dakota]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Chicago Medical'''
| {{dts|1962}}
| [[University of Illinois Chicago]] ?
| [[Chicago]]
| [[Illinois]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Central Arkansas'''
| {{dts|1963}}
| Area chapter
| [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]]
| [[Arkansas]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Cal, Riverside'''
| {{dts|1963}}
| [[University of California, Riverside]]
| [[Riverside, California|Riverside]]
| [[California]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''VCU'''
| {{dts|1963}}
| [[Virginia Commonwealth University]]
| [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]]
| [[Virginia]]
| Active
| {{efn|Apparently this chapter was originally called ''Virginia Medical''.}}
|-
| '''North Dakota State'''
| {{dts|1963}}
| [[North Dakota State University]]
| [[Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo]]
| [[North Dakota]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Montana'''
| {{dts|1964}}
| [[University of Montana]]
| [[Missoula, Montana|Missoula]]
| [[Montana]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Arizona State'''
| {{dts|1965}}
| [[Arizona State University]]
| [[Phoenix metropolitan area|Phoenix]]
| [[Arizona]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Colorado Mines'''
| {{dts|1965}}
| [[Colorado School of Mines]]
| [[Golden, Colorado|Golden]]
| [[Colorado]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Hamilton'''
| {{dts|1965}}
| [[Hamilton College]]
| [[Clinton, Oneida County, New York|Clinton, Oneida County]]
| [[New York (state)|New York]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Northeastern'''
| {{dts|1965}}
| [[Northeastern University]]
| [[Boston]]
| [[Massachusetts]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''South Dakota Mines'''
| {{dts|1965}}
| [[South Dakota School of Mines and Technology]]
| [[Rapid City, South Dakota|Rapid City]]
| [[South Dakota]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Wake Forest'''
| {{dts|1965}}
| [[Wake Forest University]]
| [[Winston-Salem, North Carolina|Winston-Salem]]
| [[North Carolina]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Boston College'''
| {{dts|1966}}
| [[Boston College]]
| [[Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts|Chestnut Hill]]
| [[Massachusetts]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Clemson'''
| {{dts|1966}}
| [[Clemson University]]
| [[Clemson, South Carolina|Clemson]]
| [[South Carolina]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Houston'''
| {{dts|1966}}
| [[University of Houston]]
| [[Houston]]
| [[Texas]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Idaho State'''
| {{dts|1966}}
| [[Idaho State University]]
| [[Pocatello, Idaho|Pocatello]]
| [[Idaho]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Mississippi State'''
| {{dts|1966}}
| [[Mississippi State University]]
| [[Starkville, Mississippi|Starkville]]
| [[Mississippi]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Southern Illinois'''
| {{dts|1966}}
| [[Southern Illinois University Carbondale]]
| [[Carbondale, Illinois|Carbondale]]
| [[Illinois]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Georgetown'''
| {{dts|1967}}
| [[Georgetown University]]
| [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]]
| [[District of Columbia|D.C.]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Jefferson Medical'''
| {{dts|1967}}
| [[Thomas Jefferson University]] ?
| [[Philadelphia]]
| [[Pennsylvania]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Kent'''
| {{dts|1967}}
| [[Kent State University]]
| [[Kent, Ohio|Kent]]
| [[Ohio]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Mississippi Medical'''
| {{dts|1967}}
| [[University of Mississippi Medical Center]] ?
| [[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]]
| [[Mississippi]]
| Active
| {{efn|Baird's Manual (20th ed.) notes a ''Mississippi Medical chapter'' formed in 1967. The national website lists both its ''University of Mississippi Medical Center chapter'', along with a ''University of Southern Mississippi chapter'' forming that same year. Which of these is correct? Did the chapter split into two? The Medical center chapter is listed here, due to the Baird's chapter name.}}
|-
| '''Mount Holyoke'''
| {{dts|1967}}
| [[Mount Holyoke College]]
| [[South Hadley, Massachusetts|South Hadley]]
| [[Massachusetts]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Northern Arizona'''
| {{dts|1967}}
| Area chapter
| [[Flagstaff, Arizona|Flagstaff]]
| [[Arizona]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Texas Christian'''
| {{dts|1967}}
| [[Texas Christian University]]
| [[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]]
| [[Texas]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Baylor'''
| {{dts|1968}}
| [[Baylor University]]
| [[Waco, Texas|Waco]]
| [[Texas]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Dartmouth'''
| {{dts|1968}}
| [[Dartmouth College]]
| [[Hanover, New Hampshire|Hanover]]
| [[New Hampshire]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Manhattan College'''
| {{dts|1968}}
| [[Manhattan College]]
| [[The Bronx]]
| [[New York (state)|New York]]
| Active
| {{efn|This school was originally situated six miles south, in Manhattan.}}
|-
| '''Queens University'''
| {{dts|1968}}
| [[Queens University of Charlotte]]
| [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]]
| [[North Carolina]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Manitoba'''
| {{dts|1968}}
| [[University of Manitoba]]
| [[Winnipeg]]
| [[Manitoba]], [[Canada]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Hunter'''
| {{dts|1969}}
| [[Hunter College]]
| [[New York City]]
| [[New York (state)|New York]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Indiana, Indianapolis Medical'''
| {{dts|1969}}
| [[Indiana University School of Medicine]] ?
| [[Indianapolis]]
| [[Indiana]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Miami (FL)'''
| {{dts|1969}}
| [[University of Miami]]
| [[Coral Gables, Florida|Coral Gables]]
| [[Florida]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Northern Illinois'''
| {{dts|1969}}
| [[Northern Illinois University]]
| [[DeKalb, Illinois|DeKalb]]
| [[Illinois]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''SUNY, Downstate Medical'''
| {{dts|1969}}
| [[SUNY Downstate Medical Center]]
| [[Brooklyn]]
| [[New York (state)|New York]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Akron'''
| {{dts|1969}}
| [[University of Akron]]
| [[Akron, Ohio|Akron]]
| [[Ohio]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Nevada'''
| {{dts|1969}}
| [[University of Nevada, Reno|University of Nevada]]
| [[Reno, Nevada|Reno]]
| [[Nevada]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Cal, Santa Barbara'''
| {{dts|1970}}
| [[University of California, Santa Barbara]]
| [[Santa Barbara County, California|Santa Barbara]]
| [[California]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''SUNY, Albany'''
| {{dts|1970}}
| [[University at Albany, SUNY]]
| [[Albany, New York|Albany]]
| [[New York (state)|New York]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''CUNY'''
| {{dts|1971}}
| [[City University of New York]] ?
| [[New York City]]
| [[New York (state)|New York]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Clarkson University'''
| {{dts|1971}}
| [[Clarkson University]]
| [[Potsdam (village), New York|Potsdam (village]]
| [[New York (state)|New York]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Michigan Tech'''
| {{dts|1971}}
| [[Michigan Technological University]]
| [[Houghton, Michigan|Houghton]]
| [[Michigan]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Drexel'''
| {{dts|1972}}
| [[Drexel University]]
| [[Philadelphia]]
| [[Pennsylvania]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Miami (OH)'''
| {{dts|1972}}
| [[Miami University]]
| [[Oxford, Ohio|Oxford]]
| [[Ohio]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Texas, Arlington'''
| {{dts|1972}}
| [[University of Texas at Arlington]]
| [[Arlington, Texas|Arlington]]
| [[Texas]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Mississippi'''
| {{dts|1972}}
| [[University of Mississippi]] ?
| [[Oxford, Mississippi|Oxford]]
| [[Mississippi]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Cal, Northridge'''
| {{dts|1973}}
| [[California State University, Northridge]]
| [[Northridge, Los Angeles|Northridge]]
| [[California]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''East Carolina'''
| {{dts|1974}}
| [[East Carolina University]]
| [[Greenville, North Carolina|Greenville]]
| [[North Carolina]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Portland State'''
| {{dts|1974}}
| [[Portland State University]]
| [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]]
| [[Oregon]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Tuskegee University'''
| {{dts|1974}}
| [[Tuskegee University]]
| [[Tuskegee, Alabama|Tuskegee]]
| [[Alabama]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Bowling Green'''
| {{dts|1975}}
| [[Bowling Green State University]]
| [[Bowling Green, Ohio|Bowling Green]]
| [[Ohio]]
| Active
|
|-
| ''Georgia Medical''
| {{dts|1975}}
| [[Georgia Medical College]] ?
| ?
| [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
| Inactive ?
|
|-
| '''Lehman'''
| {{dts|1975}}
| [[Lehman College]]
| [[New York City]]
| [[New York (state)|New York]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Oakland'''
| {{dts|1975}}–19xx
| Area chapter ?
| [[Oakland, California|Oakland]] ?
| [[California]]
| Inactive ?
|
|-
| '''Texas, El Paso'''
| {{dts|1975}}
| [[University of Texas at El Paso]]
| [[El Paso, Texas|El Paso]]
| [[Texas]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Dayton'''
| {{dts|1975}}
| [[University of Dayton]]
| [[Dayton, Ohio|Dayton]]
| [[Ohio]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''South Alabama'''
| {{dts|1975}}
| [[University of South Alabama]]
| [[Mobile, Alabama|Mobile]]
| [[Alabama]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Loma Linda'''
| {{dts|1976}}
| [[Loma Linda University]]
| [[Loma Linda, California|Loma Linda]]
| [[California]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''New Jersey Tech.'''
| {{dts|1976}}
| [[New Jersey Institute of Technology]]
| [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]]
| [[New Jersey]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Oklahoma Health Science Center'''
| {{dts|1976}}
| [[University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center]]
| [[Oklahoma City]]
| [[Oklahoma]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Southern Methodist'''
| {{dts|1976}}
| [[Southern Methodist University]]
| [[University Park, Texas|University Park]]
| [[Texas]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Toledo'''
| {{dts|1976}}
| [[University of Toledo]]
| [[Toledo, Ohio|Toledo]]
| [[Ohio]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Abbott Laboratories'''
| {{dts|1977}}
| [[Abbott Laboratories]]
| All offices
| NA
| Active
|
|-
| '''Guelph'''
| {{dts|1977}}
| [[University of Guelph]]
| [[Guelph]]
| [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]
| Active
|
|-
| ''Huntsville''
| 19xx–19xx ?
| [[University of Alabama in Huntsville]]
| [[Huntsville, Alabama|Huntsville]]
| [[Alabama]]
| Inactive ?
|
|-
| '''Arkansas State'''
| 19xx ?
| [[Arkansas State University]]
| [[Jonesboro, Arkansas|Jonesboro]]
| [[Arkansas]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Boeing North America'''
| ?
| NA
| [[Seal Beach, California|Seal Beach]]
| [[California]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''California Polytechnic State University''' <!--Note the word order here.-->
| ?
| [[California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo|California Polytechnic State University]]
| [[San Luis Obispo, California|San Luis Obispo]]
| [[California]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''California State Polytechnic University''' <!--Note the word order here.-->
| ?
| [[California State Polytechnic University, Pomona|California State Polytechnic University]]
| [[Pomona, California|Pomona]]
| [[California]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''California State University-Bakersfield'''
| ?
| [[California State University, Bakersfield]]
| [[Bakersfield, California|Bakersfield]]
| [[California]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''California State University-Chico'''
| ?
| [[California State University, Chico]]
| [[Chico, California|Chico]]
| [[California]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''California State University-Dominguez Hills'''
| ?
| [[California State University, Dominguez Hills]]
| [[Carson, California|Carson]]
| [[California]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''California State University-Fresno'''
| ?
| [[California State University, Fresno]]
| [[Fresno, California|Fresno]]
| [[California]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''California State University-Hayward'''
| ?
| [[California State University, East Bay]]
| [[Hayward, California|Hayward]]
| [[California]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''California State University-Long Beach'''
| ?
| [[California State University, Long Beach]]
| [[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]]
| [[California]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''California State University-Sacramento'''
| ?
| [[California State University, Sacramento]]
| [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]]
| [[California]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''California State University-San Bernardino'''
| ?
| [[California State University, San Bernardino]]
| [[San Bernardino, California|San Bernardino]]
| [[California]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''China Lake'''
| ?
| NA
| [[Ridgecrest, California|Ridgecrest]]
| [[California]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Claremont Colleges'''
| {{dts|1960}}
| [[Claremont Colleges]]
| [[Claremont, California|Claremont]]
| [[California]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Hughes Laboratories'''
| ?
| [[HRL Laboratories]]
| [[Malibu, California|Malibu]]
| [[California]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Humboldt State University'''
| ?
| [[California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt]]
| [[Arcata, California|Arcata]]
| [[California]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Lawrence Livermore National Lab'''
| ?
| [[Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory]]
| [[Livermore, California|Livermore]]
| [[California]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Loyola Marymount University'''
| {{dts|1967}}
| [[Loyola Marymount University]]
| [[Los Angeles]]
| [[California]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Naval Postgraduate School'''
| ?
| [[Naval Postgraduate School]]
| [[Monterey, California|Monterey]]
| [[California]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Orange County'''
| {{dts|1965}}
| NA
| [[Orange County, California|Orange County]]
| [[California]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Saint Mary's College of California'''
| ?
| [[Saint Mary's College of California]]
| [[Moraga, California|Moraga]]
| [[California]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''San Diego'''
| {{dts|1948}}
| NA
| [[San Diego]]
| [[California]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''San Francisco State University'''
| {{dts|1960}}
| [[San Francisco State University]]
| [[San Francisco]]
| [[California]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''San Joaquin Valley'''
| ?
| NA
| [[San Joaquin Valley]]
| [[California]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''San Jose State University'''
| ?
| [[San Jose State University]]
| [[San Jose, California|San Jose]]
| [[California]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Santa Clara University'''
| {{dts|1967}}
| [[Santa Clara University]]
| [[Santa Clara, California|Santa Clara]]
| [[California]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Sonoma State University'''
| ?
| [[Sonoma State University]]
| [[Rohnert Park, California|Rohnert Park]]
| [[California]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''University of California, Merced'''
| {{dts|2007}}
| [[University of California, Merced]]
| [[Merced, California|Merced]]
| [[California]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''University of California-Irvine'''
| {{dts|1991}}
| [[University of California, Irvine]]
| [[Irvine, California|Irvine]]
| [[California]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''University of California-Santa Cruz'''
| ?
| [[University of California, Santa Cruz]]
| [[Santa Cruz, California|Santa Cruz]]
| [[California]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Ventura County'''
| ?
| NA
| [[Ventura County, California|Ventura County]]
| [[California]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Colorado State University - Pueblo'''
| ?
| [[Colorado State University Pueblo]]
| [[Pueblo, Colorado|Pueblo]]
| [[Colorado]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Four Corners'''
| ?
| [[Fort Lewis College]] ?
| [[Durango, Colorado|Durango]]
| [[Colorado]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Mesa State College'''
| ?
| [[Colorado Mesa University]]
| [[Grand Junction, Colorado|Grand Junction]]
| [[Colorado]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Pikes Peak'''
| {{dts|1974}}
| [[Pikes Peak]]
| [[Colorado Springs, Colorado|Colorado Springs]]
| [[Colorado]]
| Active
| {{efn|An area chapter, serving Colorado College and the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs communities.}}
|-
| '''University of Northern Colorado'''
| ?
| [[University of Northern Colorado]]
| [[Greeley, Colorado|Greeley]]
| [[Colorado]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Fairfield University'''
| {{dts|2000}}
| [[Fairfield University]]
| [[Fairfield, Connecticut|Fairfield]]
| [[Connecticut]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Hartford'''
| ?
| ?
| [[Hartford, Connecticut|Hartford]]
| [[Connecticut]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Olin'''
| ?
| ?
| [[Cheshire, Connecticut|Cheshire]]
| [[Connecticut]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Quinnipiac University'''
| {{dts|1980}}
| [[Quinnipiac University]]
| [[Hamden, Connecticut|Hamden]]
| [[Connecticut]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''University of Bridgeport'''
| ?
| [[University of Bridgeport]]
| [[Bridgeport, Connecticut|Bridgeport]]
| [[Connecticut]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''University of Connecticut Health Center'''
| ?
| [[UConn Health]]
| [[Farmington, Connecticut|Farmington]]
| [[Connecticut]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''University of Hartford'''
| {{dts|1970}}
| [[University of Hartford]]
| [[West Hartford, Connecticut|West Hartford]]
| [[Connecticut]]
| Active
|
|-
| '''Western Connecticut State University'''
| {{dts|1979}}
| [[Western Connecticut State University]]
| [[Danbury, Connecticut|Danbury]]
| [[Connecticut]]
| Active
|
|}
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