History of Gold, Superior, Distinguished Chapters

In 1975, the National Council (now the International Board of Directors) approved three categories of chapter recognition, “Superior”, “Excellent” and “Meritorious”. In 1979, Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co., (now KPMG) began sponsoring the Outstanding Chapter Awards, recognizing award-seeking chapters as Superior and Distinguished. Throughout the 1980s and 90s, chapters who desired to be recognized as Superior or Distinguished improved their chapter programs to achieve these benchmarks of excellence. Chapters brought in professionals from local accounting offices to promote professional development by improving soft-skills such as resume building, interviewing techniques, business writing skills and verbal presentation skills. Additionally, technical skills in the areas of accounting, finance, information systems and other topics were introduced or reinforced, helping develop well-rounded professionals. Award-seeking chapters also increased their efforts in providing service to their local communities. Superior status and Distinguished status have consistently been a wonderful incentive for chapters to provide useful value to their members.

In 1979, 32 chapters were recognized as Superior and 12 chapters were recognized as Distinguished. In 2018, the number increased to represent over one-half of the eligible chapters, with 155 chapters awarded Superior status and 50 awarded Distinguished status.

In 2009, KPMG and the KPMG Foundation added a new judged competition allowing Superior chapters (two-years in a row) to submit a video showcasing how they went above and beyond being a Superior chapter, nominating the chapter for Gold chapter status. This became the Gold Challenge competition.

Beta Alpha Psi is grateful to KPMG LLP and the KPMG Foundation for their long-term support of BAP’s most valued awards

Please see the sections below, organized by region, for a breakdown of each schools' total count of Gold, Superior and Distinguished awards.

For a more detailed list of each schools awards from 1979-2019, CLICK HERE.

ATLANTIC COAST REGION

Chapter Name	School Name	Gold	Superior	Distinguished
Mu	New York University	0	19	3
Xi	Syracuse University	0	8	1
Alpha Gamma	CUNY - Baruch College	0	10	2
Alpha Phi	Temple University	0	14	7
Alpha Psi	West Virginia University	0	8	7
Alpha Omega	Fordham University	0	28	1
Beta Epsilon	Lehigh University	0	1	0
Beta Theta	The Pennsylvania State University	0	1	6
Gamma Lambda	Virginia Tech	0	32	4
Gamma Nu	Northeastern University	0	0	0
Gamma Upsilon	University of Rhode Island	0	1	0
Delta Nu	University of Massachusetts - Amherst	0	8	2
Delta Pi	Hofstra University	1	35	0
Delta Tau	Drexel University	0	0	3
Epsilon Zeta	Virginia Commonwealth University	0	40	1
Epsilon Lambda	University of Connecticut	0	22	2
Epsilon Sigma	The George Washington University	0	6	4
Zeta Eta	Clarkson University	0	0	0
Zeta Theta	SUNY at Buffalo	9	37	0
Zeta Xi	Seton Hall University	0	4	5
Zeta Pi	Old Dominion University	2	24	1
Eta Delta	James Madison University	0	31	2
Eta Mu	St. John's University	0	19	5
Eta Nu	Howard University	0	2	1
Eta Pi	University at Albany	0	8	8
Eta Upsilon	Loyola University Maryland	0	7	0
Theta Alpha	George Mason University	0	10	5
Theta Gamma	Bentley University	0	14	1
Theta Delta	Suffolk University	0	16	1
Theta Iota	University of Baltimore	0	0	0
Theta Mu	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	0	1	1
Theta Rho	Binghamton University	0	0	1
Theta Chi	Duquesne University	0	0	0
Iota Zeta	Towson University	0	7	2
Iota Lambda	Pace University	8	22	0
Iota Pi	Salisbury University	0	13	4
Iota Psi	Fairfield University	0	0	6
Kappa Alpha	Morgan State University	0	5	2
Kappa Gamma	Rutgers University - Camden	0	1	4
Kappa Epsilon	Rider University	0	0	0
Kappa Zeta	St. John's University - Staten Island Campus	0	6	4
Kappa Iota	Widener University	0	0	0
Kappa Omicron	Long Island University - Post	0	12	3
Kappa Upsilon	University of Pittsburgh	0	15	3
Kappa Phi	Marshall University	1	16	0
Kappa Omega	Villanova University	0	0	1
Lambda Zeta	SUNY Oswego	0	15	1
Lambda Eta	Marist College	0	4	2
Lambda Pi	Manhattan College	0	8	2
Lambda Chi	Niagara University	0	0	0
Mu Alpha	Ithaca College	0	9	2
Mu Epsilon	Western New England University	0	0	0
Mu Eta	The College of New Jersey	0	0	0
Mu Upsilon	Adelphi University	0	0	0
Mu Phi	University of Massachusetts Dartmouth	0	1	0
Mu Chi	University of Hartford	0	2	3
Mu Omega	Stonehill College	1	5	0
Nu Alpha	Quinnipiac University	0	4	2
Nu Beta	Radford University	0	0	0
Nu Zeta	West Chester University	0	6	1
Nu Kappa	University of Scranton	0	0	0
Nu Lambda	Roger Williams University	0	0	0
Nu Mu	Washington and Lee University	0	0	0
Nu Xi	Siena College	0	0	1
Nu Omicron	Iona College	0	0	0
Nu Sigma	Fairleigh Dickinson University	0	0	0
Xi Delta	Robert Morris University	0	0	3
Petitioning	Central Connecticut State University	0	0	0
Petitioning	University of New Haven	0	0	0
Petitioning	Ramapo College of New Jersey	0	0	1
Petitioning	Rowan University	0	0	0

MIDWEST REGION

Chapter Name	School Name	Gold	Superior	Distinguished
Alpha	University of Illinois	0	1	6
Omicron	The Ohio State University	0	22	9
Pi	Case Western Reserve University	0	12	12
Sigma	University of Wisconsin - Madison	0	0	5
Psi	Marquette University	1	28	3
Omega	Miami University	0	4	1
Alpha Kappa	Ohio University	0	18	0
Alpha Xi	University of Detroit Mercy	0	0	0
Alpha Sigma	University of Cincinnati	0	4	2
Alpha Upsilon	Bowling Green State University	0	40	1
Beta Alpha	Indiana University	0	6	2
Beta Gamma	DePaul University	0	1	4
Beta Iota	Loyola University Chicago	0	6	4
Beta Sigma	University of Notre Dame	0	2	14
Beta Psi	Kent State University	0	18	3
Gamma Epsilon	University of Toledo	0	19	1
Gamma Zeta	Southern Illinois University at Carbondale	0	28	3
Gamma Eta	The University of Akron	0	30	4
Gamma Pi	Northern Illinois University	0	22	8
Gamma Rho	Western Michigan University	0	36	3
Delta Psi	Cleveland State University	0	10	6
Epsilon Rho	University of Wisconsin - Whitewater	0	32	6
Epsilon Phi	Wayne State University	0	4	3
Epsilon Omega	Eastern Michigan University	0	30	1
Zeta Alpha	Purdue University	0	0	8
Zeta Beta	Western Illinois University	5	30	1
Zeta Lambda	Bradley University	7	22	4
Zeta Omicron	University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire	0	24	1
Zeta Omega	Ball State University	0	32	2
Eta Epsilon	Central Michigan University	0	20	4
Eta Zeta	University of Dayton	0	8	8
Eta Theta	University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee	0	16	7
Eta Xi	University of Michigan - Flint	0	9	8
Eta Phi	Oakland University - Michigan	0	26	0
Eta Psi	Wright State University	0	20	0
Theta Epsilon	Indiana State University	0	5	1
Theta Kappa	University of Illinois at Chicago	0	0	0
Theta Omega	Eastern Illinois University	0	19	3
Iota Rho	University of Wisconsin Oshkosh	0	7	7
Iota Upsilon	University of Wisconsin- La Crosse	0	7	5
Kappa Beta	Grand Valley State University	0	14	5
Kappa Delta	Illinois State University	0	0	0
Kappa Lambda	Southern Illinois University Edwardsville	0	3	4
Kappa Xi	Youngstown State University	0	15	1
Kappa Sigma	University of Michigan-Dearborn	0	15	1
Lambda Iota	Northern Michigan University	0	0	2
Lambda Mu	University of Southern Indiana	0	12	2
Mu Delta	Ohio Northern University	0	7	4
Mu Rho	Xavier University	0	0	0
Xi Beta	Purdue University Northwest	0	0	1

MISSOURI VALLEY REGION

Chapter Name	School Name	Gold	Superior	Distinguished
Zeta	University of North Dakota	0	2	6
Alpha Nu	Creighton University	0	28	3
Alpha Pi	University of Iowa	0	22	2
Gamma Theta	University of Missouri	0	1	1
Gamma Kappa	University of Nebraska at Omaha	0	15	7
Gamma Mu	Drake University (Re-Petitioning)	0	0	5
Gamma Psi	University of Missouri - St. Louis	0	24	4
Delta Omicron	University of Nebraska - Lincoln	0	28	8
Epsilon Delta	University of Missouri - Kansas City	0	25	5
Epsilon Theta	Kansas State University	0	18	5
Zeta Nu	Saint Louis University	0	6	9
Theta Pi	Missouri State University	0	23	1
Theta Upsilon	University of South Dakota	0	11	2
Iota Beta	Iowa State University	0	5	6
Iota Mu	University of Central Missouri	0	19	1
Kappa Nu	Truman State University	0	19	0
Kappa Chi	Western Illinois University - Quad Cities	0	0	0
Lambda Alpha	University of Kansas	0	0	0
Lambda Gamma	Pittsburg State University	0	0	6
Lambda Psi	Emporia State University	0	2	6
Mu Nu	University of Nebraska - Kearney	0	0	1
Mu Xi	Southeast Missouri State University	0	11	0
Mu Omicron	Washburn University	0	0	0
Nu Iota	Washington University in St. Louis	0	1	3
Nu Chi	Minnesota State University Mankato	0	3	1

NORTHWEST REGION

Chapter Name	School Name	Gold	Superior	Distinguished
Beta	University of Oregon	4	17	3
Delta	University of Washington	3	29	5
Epsilon	Oregon State University	0	27	4
Delta Epsilon	Washington State University	0	27	6
Delta Eta	Seattle University	4	27	5
Delta Kappa	University of Montana	0	16	2
Delta Rho	Pacific Lutheran University	0	1	2
Delta Sigma	Eastern Washington University	0	9	5
Epsilon Alpha	Portland State University	0	22	10
Zeta Psi	Boise State University	2	24	7
Theta Phi	Western Washington University	0	24	0
Iota Gamma	University of Idaho	0	13	4
Iota Delta	Gonzaga University	0	17	1
Lambda Upsilon	Seattle Pacific University	0	0	0
Mu Psi	University of Washington Bothell	0	10	0
Nu Epsilon	Central Washington University	0	4	3
Nu Theta	Washington State University - Vancouver	1	6	1
Nu Omega	University of Portland	0	0	5

OCEANIA REGION

Chapter Name	School Name	Gold	Superior	Distinguished
Lambda Omega	The University of Sydney - Australia	2	11	0
The Auckland	The University of Auckland Business School	0	1	4
The Massey	Massey University Albany - College of Business	0	0	1
Upsilon Tau Sigma	University of Technology Sydney	1	2	1
The Waikato	University of Waikato	0	0	0
The Victoria Wellington	Victoria University of Wellington	0	0	0
Monash University	Xi Epsilon	0	1	1
Deakin University	Xi Kappa	0	1	0

ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION

Chapter Name	School Name	Gold	Superior	Distinguished
Nu	University of Colorado at Boulder	0	3	2
Alpha Zeta	University of Denver	2	24	2
Gamma Alpha	Brigham Young University	0	36	3
Gamma Tau	Colorado State University	0	24	8
Delta Alpha	University of Wyoming	0	19	4
Delta Omega	Utah State University	1	41	0
Epsilon Xi	University of Utah	3	36	2
Eta Lambda	Idaho State University	0	19	2
Eta Chi	Montana State University - Bozeman	0	14	7
Theta Nu	Fort Lewis College	0	20	4
Theta Xi	The University of New Mexico	0	12	8
Theta Sigma	University of Colorado Denver	0	8	9
Theta Tau	Weber State University	0	16	3
Theta Psi	University of Northern Colorado	1	19	1
Mu Pi	Utah Valley University	0	1	1

SOUTHEAST REGION

Chapter Name	School Name	Gold	Superior	Distinguished
Upsilon	University of Florida	0	8	0
Phi	Louisiana State University	2	21	2
Alpha Beta	The University of Alabama	2	23	6
Alpha Theta	University of Mississippi	1	11	2
Alpha Lambda	University of Tennessee at Knoxville	0	23	10
Alpha Mu	University of Kentucky	0	32	2
Beta Kappa	Mississippi State University	0	22	5
Beta Mu	Georgia State University - School of Accountancy	0	18	9
Beta Nu	Tulane University	0	0	1
Beta Xi	University of Miami	0	17	8
Beta Rho	Florida State University	0	30	10
Beta Upsilon	University of Georgia	0	28	7
Gamma Beta	University of South Carolina	0	27	8
Gamma Chi	The University of Memphis	0	34	0
Delta Gamma	University of South Florida	10	40	0
Delta Chi	University of Alabama at Birmingham	1	15	2
Epsilon Beta	University of South Alabama	0	5	4
Epsilon Gamma	University of Central Florida	1	22	6
Epsilon Kappa	Appalachian State University	0	36	3
Epsilon Nu	Murray State University	0	32	0
Epsilon Omicron	Auburn University	0	25	5
Epsilon Upsilon	Emory University-Goizueta Business School	0	8	0
Zeta Gamma	Middle Tennessee State University	0	16	2
Zeta Delta	Georgia Southern University	0	21	4
Zeta Mu	The University of Southern Mississippi	0	19	2
Zeta Rho	Clemson University	0	19	9
Zeta Sigma	North Carolina A&T State University	1	35	1
Zeta Phi	Tennessee Tech University	0	21	1
Zeta Chi	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	0	7	5
Eta Alpha	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	1	22	1
Eta Gamma	University of Louisville	0	20	7
Eta Iota	Florida International University	5	25	6
Eta Kappa	University of Tennessee at Chattanooga	0	16	5
Eta Omicron	Western Kentucky University	0	18	2
Eta Tau	Florida Atlantic University	0	23	2
Eta Omega	East Tennessee State University	0	1	6
Theta Zeta	Millsaps College	0	0	3
Iota Alpha	University of North Carolina Wilmington	0	0	3
Iota Theta	University of Alabama in Huntsville	0	0	0
Iota Xi	East Carolina University/College of Business	0	0	0
Iota Tau	Kennesaw State University	0	4	4
Iota Phi	University of West Florida	0	2	0
Iota Omega	North Carolina State University	0	3	10
Kappa Pi	Samford University	0	11	2
Kappa Rho	Winthrop University	0	9	2
Lambda Beta	The University of Tampa	3	12	2
Lambda Delta	Stetson University	0	2	2
Lambda Epsilon	Winston Salem State University	0	3	0
Lambda Theta	South Carolina State University	0	0	1
Lambda Kappa	Coastal Carolina University	0	6	4
Lambda Nu	Belmont University	0	1	9
Lambda Xi	Elon University	1	12	1
Lambda Phi	Georgia College & State University	0	0	0
Mu Beta	College of Charleston	0	0	3
Mu Gamma	University of South Florida St. Petersburg	0	11	1
Mu Zeta	Valdosta State University	2	10	2
Mu Theta	Tennessee State University	0	0	0
Mu Lambda	Florida Gulf Coast University	0	10	1
Nu Gamma	University of North Georgia	0	5	3
Nu Delta	Western Carolina University	0	0	0
Nu Upsilon	Mercer University	0	0	0
Nu Phi	Jacksonville State University	0	2	1
Xi Alpha	University of South Carolina Upstate	0	2	1
Xi Gamma	Auburn University at Montgomery	0	0	1
Xi Zeta	University of North Alabama	0	3	0
Petitioning	University of North Florida	0	0	0
Petitioning	Florida Southern College	0	0	0

SOUTHWEST REGION

Chapter Name	School Name	Gold	Superior	Distinguished
Chi	Oklahoma State University	0	24	6
Alpha Epsilon	Southern Methodist University (Re-Petitioning)	0	0	0
Alpha Iota	University of Arkansas	3	30	3
Alpha Rho	Baylor University	0	9	5
Alpha Chi	Louisiana Tech University	0	24	2
Beta Zeta	Loyola University New Orleans	0	0	0
Beta Pi	University of North Texas	0	25	8
Gamma Delta	University of Houston	0	13	4
Gamma Sigma	University of New Orleans	0	20	4
Gamma Phi	University of Texas at Arlington	0	29	6
Delta Lambda	New Mexico State University	0	20	2
Delta Xi	Texas Southern University	0	0	0
Epsilon Mu	Stephen F. Austin State University	0	33	8
Epsilon Pi	University of Arkansas at Little Rock	0	3	2
Epsilon Tau	Wichita State University	0	30	4
Zeta Epsilon	Texas A&M University-Commerce	0	1	3
Zeta Tau	Lamar University	0	4	6
Zeta Upsilon	University of Houston - Clear Lake	0	16	6
Eta Beta	University of Texas at San Antonio	0	11	7
Eta Rho	University of Tulsa	0	11	11
Eta Sigma	University of Louisiana at Monroe	1	18	0
Theta Beta	University of Texas at El Paso	1	26	0
Theta Eta	Southeastern Louisiana University	0	20	1
Theta Lambda	University of Central Arkansas	1	11	1
Iota Nu	University of Oklahoma	0	0	0
Iota Sigma	Nicholls State University	0	0	0
Kappa Eta	Texas State University	1	17	1
Kappa Theta	University of Louisiana at Lafayette	3	20	0
Kappa Mu	Sam Houston State University	1	8	4
Lambda Omicron	University of Texas at Dallas	0	0	0
Mu Kappa	University of Texas at Tyler	0	6	4
Nu Eta	University of Arkansas - Fort Smith	0	3	1
Nu Psi	Prairie View A&M University	0	0	0
Petitioning	University of St. Thomas-Houston	0	0	1
Petitioning	Northwestern State University	0	0	1

WESTERN REGION

Chapter Name	School Name	Gold	Superior	Distinguished
Iota	University of Southern California	2	22	5
Lambda	University of California Berkeley	0	5	4
Beta Eta	San Diego State University	4	30	4
Beta Lambda	California State University - Los Angeles	0	18	3
Beta Omicron	University of Arizona	0	21	5
Beta Tau	Arizona State University	0	12	5
Beta Phi	California State University - Sacramento	1	23	1
Beta Chi	San Francisco State University	1	25	2
Gamma Xi	San Jose State University	0	16	12
Gamma Omicron	California State University - Fresno	0	28	4
Gamma Omega	California State University - Long Beach	0	31	5
Delta Beta	California State University, Fullerton	1	28	6
Delta Zeta	California State University - Chico	0	8	7
Delta Theta	University of Hawaii - Manoa	1	29	6
Delta Upsilon	Northern Arizona University	0	24	5
Epsilon Iota	University of San Francisco	0	8	11
Epsilon Chi	California State University - Northridge	3	33	5
Epsilon Psi	California State University - East Bay	0	30	5
Zeta Iota	University of Nevada - Reno	0	17	7
Zeta Kappa	University of San Diego	0	27	0
Theta Omicron	University of Nevada - Las Vegas	4	22	1
Iota Eta	California State University - San Bernardino	0	12	4
Iota Kappa	University of the Pacific	0	0	1
Iota Chi	California State Polytechnic University - Pomona	0	6	2
Lambda Rho	California State University - Stanislaus	0	0	1
Lambda Sigma	University of California - Los Angeles	0	6	0
Nu Pi	University of California, Irvine	0	0	0
Nu Rho	University of California Riverside	0	0	0

History of Gold, Superior, Distinguished Chapters

For a more detailed list of each schools awards from 1979-2019, CLICK HERE.

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