is the number 1 rated fraternity by the Gallup Poll.
is the number 1 rated fraternity by Heller Survey.
is the number 1 rated fraternity by Playboy on 19/20 campuses.
has been rated the number one national fraternity for more than 53 years (of 60) by the College Survey Bureau.
has the greatest number of initiates of any International Greek Letter organization with over 270,000 members.
raised more money for community service in the past year than any other Greek organization.
was the first International Fraternity to be established in the deep south, having been founded at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, on March 9, 1856.
was the first fraternity to have a International headquarters (Evanston, Illinois) and the first to build its own headquarters building (The Levere Memorial Temple) The temple is the only International college fraternity headquarters to have a chapel.
was the first fraternity to establish a leadership school. Started in 1935, Leadership School has over 32,000 graduates.
has 212 chapters in 49 states, 9 colonies and 175 alumni associations.
has a quarterly fraternity magazine, The Record, published continuously since 1880.
has a student loan program to assist undergraduate brothers with their education.
offers a national scholarship program giving out $30,000 to brothers of Sigma Alpha Epsilon