Maryland is a state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States of America. It is comparable in size to the European country of Belgium. According to the most recent information provided by the U.S. Census Bureau, as of August 2007, Maryland is now the wealthiest state in the United States, with a median household income of $65,144, ahead of New Jersey which had previously held that title.
Public Colleges and Universities:
Bowie State University, Bowie
Coppin State University, Baltimore
Frostburg State University, Frostburg
Morgan State University, Baltimore
Salisbury University, Salisbury
St. Mary's College of Maryland, St. Mary's City
Towson University, Towson
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda
United States Naval Academy, Annapolis
Universities at Shady Grove Rockville
University of Baltimore, Baltimore
University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore
University of Maryland, Baltimore County Catonsville/Arbutus
University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, Baltimore
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Frostburg, Solomons, Cambridge
University of Maryland, College Park College Park
University of Maryland Eastern Shore Princess Anne
University of Maryland University College College Park
USM Hagerstown, Hagerstown
Private Colleges and Universities:
Baltimore Hebrew University, Baltimore
Capitol College, Laurel
Chesapeake College, Wye Mills
College of Notre Dame of Maryland Baltimore
Columbia Union College, Takoma Park
Goucher College, Towson
Hood College, Frederick
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Loyola College in Maryland Baltimore
Maryland Institute College of Art Baltimore
McDaniel College, Westminster
Mount St. Mary's University, Emmitsburg
Ner Israel Rabbinical College, Baltimore
St. John's College, Annapolis
St. Mary's Seminary and University Baltimore
Sojourner-Douglass College, Baltimore
Washington Bible College, Lanham
Washington College, Chestertown
Villa Julie College Stevenson, Owings Mills
Community Colleges:
Allegany College of Maryland, Cumberland
Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold
Baltimore City Community College, Baltimore
Baltimore International College, Baltimore
Carroll Community College, Westminster
Cecil Community College, North East
College of Southern Maryland, Multiple in Southern Maryland
Community College of Baltimore County, Multiple in Baltimore County
Frederick Community College, Frederick
Garrett College, McHenry
Hagerstown Business College, Hagerstown
Hagerstown Community College, Hagerstown
Harford Community College, Bel Air
Howard Community College, Columbia
Montgomery College, Multiple in Montgomery County
Prince George's Community College, Largo
Wor-Wic Community College, Salisbury
Professional Teams:
Baltimore Blast (formerly Baltimore Spirit) Soccer Major Indoor Soccer League
Baltimore Orioles - Major League Baseball
Baltimore Ravens - National Football League
Maryland Nighthawks - American Basketball Association
Minor League Baseball:
Aberdeen IronBirds - Class A - New York-Penn League
Bowie Baysox - Class AA - Eastern League
Delmarva Shorebirds - Class A - South Atlantic League
Frederick Keys - Class A - Carolina League
Hagerstown Suns - Class A - South Atlantic League
Maryland possesses a great variety of topography, hence its nickname, "America in Miniature." It ranges from sandy dunes dotted with seagrass in the east, to low marshlands teeming with water snakes and large bald cypress near the bay, to gently rolling hills of oak forest in the Piedmont Region, and mountain pine groves in the west.
Maryland is bounded on the north by Pennsylvania, on the west by West Virginia, on the east by Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean, and on the south, across the Potomac River, by West Virginia and Virginia. The mid-portion of this border is interrupted on the Maryland side by Washington, DC, which sits on land originally part of Maryland. The Chesapeake Bay nearly bisects the state, and the counties east of the bay are known collectively as the Eastern Shore. Most of the state's waterways are part of the Chesapeake Bay watershed, with the exception of a portion of Garrett County drained by the Youghiogheny River, as part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, the eastern half of Worcester County, which drains into Maryland's Atlantic Coastal Bays, and a small portion of the state's northeast corner which drains into the Delaware River watershed. So prominent is the Chesapeake in Maryland's geography and economic life that there has been periodic agitation to change the state's official nickname to the "Bay State," a name currently used by Massachusetts.
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