UCLA’s Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life released its latest performance report this quarter, detailing membership, academic performance, service hours, conduct and dollars raised for philanthropy efforts among Greek life organizations for the 2023-2024 academic year.

Grade reports have been published quarterly for the past five years, but the first time the entire Greek life community’s data was compiled and published as a Chapter Performance Report was October 2023, according to an emailed statement from Lindsey Goldstein, director of the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life. In the 2023-2024 academic year, the Greek life community’s average GPA exceeded that of the overall undergraduate student body, according to the grade reports for each quarter.

Of the undergraduate sorority and fraternity councils, the Panhellenic Council had the highest average GPA of 3.73, and the Latinx Greek Council had the lowest average GPA of 3.15. Goldstein added that 84% of students in Greek life have a GPA of above 3.0.

The report – the data of which is gathered from chapter submissions, university demographic information and conduct violation reports – showed that of the sororities on the Panhellenic Council, Kappa Alpha Theta had the highest end-of-year cumulative GPA of 3.75. Of the fraternities on the Interfraternity Council, Sigma Phi Epsilon had the highest end-of-year cumulative GPA of 3.71.

Sigma Delta Sigma, a multicultural sorority on the Multi-Interest Greek Council, had the highest overall end-of-year cumulative GPA of 3.81.

“Our number one priority here is school,” said Amir Tariverdi, a third-year mechanical engineering student and the president of Sigma Phi Epsilon. “To have fun with our friends and make memories, but we’re all here for school at the end of the day, so we need to make sure our members are on top of that.”

Sigma Phi Epsilon offers informal study groups and a tutoring system where students can go to older members of the fraternity with the same major or who have taken similar classes and get advice, he said.

Carly King, a fourth-year business economics student and the vice president of education at Kappa Alpha Theta, said her sorority discusses university resources available to students during chapter meetings and new member meetings.

“What’s super helpful is having that culture of upperclassmen or girls who, for example, if they use the Career Center or use the Undergraduate Writing Center for an essay, other girls can kind of learn from their example,” she said.

During her first year at UCLA, King said she reached out to someone in her sorority who had the same major and who was able to walk her through the best courses to take each quarter and give her career advice.

She said being in Kappa Alpha Theta presents a unique opportunity to connect with people studying a wide range of majors, whereas other clubs on campus may be geared toward providing resources to one specific major.

“It really enables us to open our eyes to what else is out there at UCLA, because as an undergraduate school with over 1300 clubs, there’s so many different ways to involve yourself,” King said. “It’s super awesome to be able to see that diversity of academic as well as career and extracurricular involvements.”

Some Greek life organizations also offer incentives to perform well academically to members.

Chi Omega offers gift cards to members who obtain a 4.0 GPA each quarter, as well as quarterly scholarships and midnight snacks during Week 5 and Week 10 as a stress relief initiative during exams, said Madison Marks, a fourth-year psychology student and the vice president of Chi Omega.

Marks said Chi Omega emphasizes that prioritizing mental and academic health comes first, and events are not mandatory. She added that living in the chapter house provides members with a space to study together.

The 2023-2024 Community Performance Report also contained data relating to service hours performed by each chapter and money raised for philanthropy per chapter.

Of all the chapters included in the report, Sigma Nu raised the most money and completed the most service hours. This data is newly required and not all chapters had available data for this past year, so the numbers in these categories are expected to rise with the next report, Goldstein said in an emailed statement.

“OFSL believes that sharing available information publicly allows students and their families to be well informed regarding their membership in fraternities and sororities. It also allows chapters to highlight their successes in their grades, events and programs, and community impact,” she said in the statement. “It allows for accountability related to the Student Group Conduct Code.”