A survey of 500 of the Forbes Super 500 showed almost a quarter of its CEOs were members of greek organizations in college.
MSU Greek Life adviser Amy Radford said when most students join a fraternity or sorority, they might not realize the benefits it might offer in the long run.
"Students tend not to see beyond MSU," she said. "You become a lifelong member."
Radford said there are several leadership positions which train students for real careers, such as coordinating recruitment or organizing Greek Week.
"Many national organizations do a good job of promoting leadership opportunities, and the organizations here on campus do a good job of that," she said. "One of our core values is leadership development."
Radford said members of fraternities and sororities are not only leaders of Forbes 500 companies, America's largest corporations, but also within their own community.
"You don't see those types of intricacies," she said. "The more you become involved, the more you invest."
The survey, released last month, also said 48 percent of all U.S. presidents, 42 percent of U.S. senators, 30 percent of U.S. congressmen and 40 percent of U.S. Supreme Court justices were greek in college.
Interfraternity Council President Anthony Morabito said students who don't join the greek system still have an equal shot at finding work, but he does believe being greek is an advantage.
Nate Lent, pledge coordinator for Sigma Chi fraternity, said when he joined, he didn't expect a lot of opportunities to open.
"The guys at Sigma Chi were just like my friends from back home," he said. "I wasn't looking for doors to open."
Nine CEOs of the 500 corporations in the survey are Sigma Chi alumni.
"I don't know what the correlation is, but it seems all the successful people are Sigma Chis," the political science and pre-law and economics junior said.
Many employers belong to the same fraternities or sororities as job applicants.
"It's things like that we express to new rushees," Lent said. "They need to realize it's kind of an investment, besides just having a good time while going to school."
