Fraternity and sorority chapters on Dueflow collect a median 93% of billed dues within two weeks of the due date and 97% within 45 days. Only 54% of individual dues payments arrive on or before the due date; the typical late payment lands 7 days after. Those are the two numbers every chapter treasurer asks us for, so this page publishes them – plus payment-plan adoption, card vs. bank mix, and when members actually pay – from anonymized, aggregate Dueflow data covering 3,397 paid dues payments by 1,838 members across 48 chapters between December 2025 and October 2026.
Updated October 4, 2026. Every figure below is an aggregate over all chapters on Dueflow; no chapter, member, or individual payment is identifiable, and store orders, donations, and voided charges are excluded. Methodology and definitions are at the bottom. You may quote any statistic on this page with attribution to Dueflow (dueflow.co).
Key fraternity dues collection statistics (Fall 2026)
- Median chapter dues collection rate: 93% of billed dues paid within 14 days of the due date (interquartile range 84%–96%, 27 chapters with 10+ due charges).
- Collection rate 45 days after the due date: 97% median; 93% of chapters are above 90% (14 chapters with completed 45-day windows).
- Pooled collection rate across all chapters: 86% at 14 days, 94% at 45 days.
- 54% of dues payments are made on or before the due date; 46% are late.
- Of late payments, the median payment is 7 days late; 25% of all payments arrive 1–7 days late, 16% arrive 8–30 days late, and 5% arrive more than 30 days late.
- 27% of payments arrive a week or more early, 19% in the final week before the deadline, and 8% on the due date itself.
- Median time from the charge being issued to payment: 13 days.
- 32% of dues payments are made through a payment plan (installments or partial payments); every chapter with 10+ paid charges has used plans.
- Payment method mix: 42% card, 40% bank account (ACH), 1% buy-now-pay-later, 18% other or not recorded.
- Median dues charge: $650. Charges of $1,000 or more are paid on a plan 45% of the time, versus 27% for charges under $250.
- Members pay on weekdays: 89% of payments land Monday–Friday; Monday and Friday are the two biggest days, and the single busiest hour is 8–9 a.m. Eastern.
- September is the peak collection month (32% of this year's payments), followed by August (20%). June is the trough.
- Half of all currently outstanding dues charges on the platform (51%) are past their due date – the backlog every treasurer is chasing.
What is the average dues collection rate for a fraternity chapter?
On Dueflow, the median chapter collects 93% of billed dues within two weeks of the due date and 97% within 45 days. A chapter in the bottom quartile two weeks after the deadline is still at about 84%. Pooled across every chapter (weighting large chapters more), the rate is 86% at 14 days and 94% at 45 days. In practice, a chapter that ends a semester below 90% collected has a structural problem – usually no payment plans, no automated reminders, or a deadline that doesn't match when financial aid disburses – rather than an unusually delinquent membership.
These rates count a charge as collected when it is fully paid. Charges on a payment plan that are still being paid down count as uncollected until the final installment clears, which makes the 14-day figure conservative for chapters that lean on plans.
How long do members take to pay dues?
The median member pays 13 days after the charge is issued, and the median payment lands exactly on the due date (median of zero days early or late). But the distribution is wide: 27% of members pay a week or more early, 19% pay in the last week before the deadline, 8% pay on the day, and 46% pay late. Among late payers the median is one week late; roughly one in twenty payments arrives more than 30 days after the deadline.
The practical reading: a chapter should expect roughly half of its dues on or before deadline day and most of the rest within the following week, provided reminders keep going out. The 5% that stretch past 30 days are the payments that need a human conversation and, usually, a payment plan.
How many members use payment plans?
32% of all dues payments are made through a payment plan – either scheduled installments or partial payments against a balance. Adoption is strongly tied to the size of the charge: 45% of charges of $1,000 or more are paid on a plan, versus 30% of $500–$999 charges and 27% of charges under $250. Every chapter with at least 10 paid charges has at least one member on a plan.
Plans trade punctuality for completion. Payments on a plan hit the original due date 49% of the time versus 57% for single payments, but the plan is what gets a $1,200 semester bill paid at all. For how to structure one, see our guide to payment plans for fraternity and sorority dues.
Do members pay dues by card or bank account?
It is almost an even split: 42% of dues payments are made by card and 40% by bank account (ACH), with 1% through buy-now-pay-later and the remainder other or not recorded. The two methods are used differently. Bank payments carry a higher median charge ($810 vs. $515 for card) and are more often late (40% on time vs. 69% for card), which is consistent with members choosing ACH for big bills they want to avoid a card fee on, and paying them when the money is actually in the account.
For treasurers, that means the on-time rate you see is partly a function of which payment methods you allow and what each one costs the member. Chapters that absorb fees or pass through a flat fee see different behavior than chapters that pass through a percentage. See how Dueflow handles fees.
When do members actually pay?
- By day of week: 89% of payments are made Monday through Friday. Monday (20%) and Friday (19%) are the heaviest days; Saturday (5%) and Sunday (6%) are the lightest.
- By hour: the busiest hour is 8–9 a.m. Eastern, when reminders go out, followed by 10–11 a.m. and 9–10 a.m. Eastern.
- By month: September accounts for 32% of this year's dues payments and August for 20%; April is the spring peak (11%); June is the lowest month (2%).
Deadlines that fall on a weekday, with a reminder the morning of, line up with when members already pay. A Sunday-night deadline fights the data.
Do automated reminders help?
97% of dues charges on Dueflow have automated reminders enabled, so the platform has very little 'no reminder' data to compare against: the 80 charges without automated reminders were paid on time 51% of the time versus 54% with reminders. That is a small difference on a small sample, and we report it rather than oversell it. The clearer signal is behavioral – the busiest payment hour of the day is the hour reminders are delivered.
Early-bird discounts and late fees
7% of dues charges carry an early-bird discount deadline and 17% carry a late-fee deadline. Where an early-bird discount is offered, 45% of members hit it. Both are still minority practices; we will report on their effect on collection rates once more chapters have used them for a full cycle.
How the numbers were calculated
- Source: anonymized, aggregate Dueflow production data, December 5, 2025 through October 4, 2026. 48 chapters, 1,838 paying members, 3,397 fully paid dues charges (2,910 with a due date).
- Excluded: store orders, donations, voided charges, and any charge without a paid timestamp. Statuses counted as outstanding: pending and partially paid.
- On time means paid on or before the due date (calendar day, UTC). Days late is paid date minus due date.
- Chapter collection rate is paid charges divided by all non-voided charges with a due date at least 14 (or 45) days ago, for chapters with at least 10 such charges. Medians and quartiles are across chapters; the pooled rate weights all charges equally.
- Payment plan means the charge had scheduled installments or more than one partial payment recorded.
- Payment method shares include the 18% of paid charges where the method was not recorded by the processor.
- Dollar figures are the charge amount set by the chapter, before fees.
- No chapter-, member-, or payment-level data is published. Figures are rounded to the nearest whole percent except where noted.
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Frequently asked questions
What percentage of fraternity dues are paid on time?
Across 2,910 dues payments with a due date on Dueflow, 54% were paid on or before the due date. 25% were paid 1–7 days late, 16% were 8–30 days late, and 5% were more than 30 days late. The median late payment arrives 7 days after the deadline.
What is a good dues collection rate for a sorority or fraternity?
The median Dueflow chapter collects 93% of billed dues within two weeks of the due date and 97% within 45 days, and 93% of chapters clear 90% by day 45. If your chapter is below 90% six weeks after the deadline, you are in the bottom tail and the usual fixes are payment plans, automated reminders, and aligning the deadline with financial-aid disbursement.
What share of fraternity dues are paid by payment plan?
32% of dues payments on Dueflow are made through a payment plan. Adoption rises with the size of the bill: 45% of charges of $1,000 or more are paid on a plan, compared with 27% of charges under $250.
What is the average fraternity dues payment?
The median dues charge on Dueflow is $650. Charges paid by bank account have a higher median ($810) than charges paid by card ($515). This is the amount billed by the chapter per charge, not annual dues, since many chapters bill per semester or in installments.
Do fraternity members pay dues by credit card or bank transfer?
Roughly evenly: 42% of dues payments are by card and 40% by bank account (ACH), with 1% buy-now-pay-later and 18% other or not recorded. Card payments are on time 69% of the time; bank payments are on time 40% of the time.