New member dues

It really depends on which sorority you join. Some are more expensive than others. They should let you know around formal recruitment.

That's what the Greek Life website/estimates are for. Budget for the most expensive and be grateful if you don't have to pay that much.

You should never join a sorority based exclusively on cost. A house can decide to redecorate or remodel and suddenly the costs are completely different. Only the best houses can keep dues under control because they have so much help from alums and plenty of $ in the bank without nickel and diming members.

some houses are like $2,000 or less for out of house and $8,000 for in house. some are literally like $8,000 for out of house and $13,000+ for in house. they'll show u their prices during recruitment but the price does not reflect the quality of ur experience. some sororities just built brand new $3M houses and have the lowest dues. some have a house that's 50 years old and have way higher dues. its just random. depends on how much money their nationals give them.

it all just depends!

Go with the high, you will be safe.....

When dues are extremely high it is because a house doesn't manage its finances well. There are sororities who do some updates and redecorating every year with cash they have on hand. Then there are some that let their house turn into a dump and all of a sudden they decide they need a new house and members get hit with a huge increase in dues. The better houses manage their money well, have a big endowment and strong alumni fund-raising so that the members don't ever have to take a hit to cover improvements.