Kappa Beta Delta is a national honor society which was established in 1997 at the annual conference of the ACBSP to recognize students in accredited associate degree-granting institutions for their high academic achievement in business programs.
 
As the result of an agreement between the Federation of Business Honor Societies, through which Kappa Beta Delta was established, all current and future ACBSP accredited associate degree-granting institutions are exclusively eligible to establish chapters.
 
This Honor Society was established to encourage and reward scholarship and accomplishment among students of business, management, administration, and other business programs who are pursuing associate degrees in ACBSP-accredited two-year colleges, to encourage and promote personal and professional improvement, and a life distinguished by honorable service to humankind.
 
Students are eligible to be invited to lifetime membership based upon the following criteria: rank in the upper 20% of students pursuing business degrees at the time of invitation to membership; must have completed a minimum of 15 semester hours of credit, of which a minimum of six semester/quarter hours are in business subjects toward the degree program; and have a minimum grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale. Transfer students who meet the qualifications for membership may be inducted after they have completed a minimum of one term of work in the department, division, or school of business in which the chapter is located provided their overall record, in the judgment of the collegiate chapter, is of Kappa Beta Delta caliber.
 
This newly-established Honor Society, in addition to providing public recognition to business students who have distinguished themselves in Associate Degree business programs, may provide numerous other benefits to its membership, including a biennial conference, held in conjunction with the ACBSP annual conference, financial assistance to chapters, and scholarships to students based upon scholarship, leadership, character, motivation, need, and potential.
 
A Kappa Beta Delta chapter is one of the rewards of ACBSP accreditation and provides a means by which an institution may give lifetime national recognition to its outstanding graduates. Additional information may be requested from the Kappa Beta Delta Central Office by completing the form on the bottom of this page and mailing it to the below address.