New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. The state is named after the island of Jersey in the English Channel. It is bordered on the north by New York, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the southwest by Delaware, and on the west by Pennsylvania. Parts of New Jersey lie within the metropolitan areas of New York and Philadelphia.
Colleges and Universities - Four-year Institutions:
Assumption College for Sisters, Mendham
Berkeley College, various campuses
Beth Medrash Govoha, Lakewood
Bloomfield College, Bloomfield
Caldwell College, Caldwell
Centenary College, Hackettstown
The College of New Jersey, Ewing Township
College of Saint Elizabeth, Morristown
DeVry University, North Brunswick
Drew University, Madison
Fairleigh Dickinson University, Florham Park-Madison & Teaneck-Hackensack campuses
Felician College, Rutherford & Lodi campuses
Georgian Court University, Lakewood
Kean University, Union-Elizabeth
Monmouth University, West Long Branch
Montclair State University, Montclair
New Jersey City University, Jersey City
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark
Princeton University, Princeton
Rabbinical College of America, Morristown, New Jersey
Ramapo College, Mahwah
Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona, New Jersey
Rider University, Lawrenceville
Rowan University, Glassboro
Rowan University, Camden Campus
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Rutgers, New Brunswick/Piscataway Campus
Rutgers, Camden Campus
Rutgers, Newark Campus
Saint Peter's College, Jersey City
Seton Hall University, South Orange
Seton Hall University School of Law, Newark
Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken
Thomas Edison State College, Trenton
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Newark, Piscataway, & Stratford campuses
New Jersey Dental School, Newark
New Jersey Medical School, Newark
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, Piscataway, & Camden campuses
School of Health Related Professions, Newark, Piscataway, Scotch Plains, & Stratford campuses
School of Nursing, Newark, Piscataway, Stratford, Mahwah, Glassboro, & Edison campuses
School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford
School of Public Health, Newark, New Brunswick/Piscataway, Stratford/Camden campuses
William Paterson University, Wayne
County colleges:
Atlantic Cape Community College, Mays Landing, Atlantic City, and Cape May Court House campuses
Bergen Community College, Paramus
Brookdale Community College, Lincroft - the community college of Monmouth County
Burlington County College, Pemberton
Camden County College, Blackwood, Camden and Cherry Hill
County College of Morris, Randolph
Cumberland County College, Vineland
Essex County College, Newark & West Caldwell campuses
Gloucester County College, Sewell
Hudson County Community College, Jersey City
Mercer County Community College, West Windsor
Middlesex County College, Edison
Ocean County College, Toms River
Passaic County Community College, Paterson-Wanaque-Wayne
Raritan Valley Community College, North Branch
Salem Community College, Carneys Point
Sussex County Community College, Newton
Union County College, Cranford, Elizabeth, and Plainfield
Warren County Community College, Washington
New Jersey currently has five teams from major professional sports leagues playing in the state, although the Major League Soccer team and two National Football League teams identify as being from New York.
Professional Sports Teams:
National Hockey League
New Jersey Devils (Newark)
National Basketball Association
New Jersey Nets (East Rutherford)
Major League Soccer
Red Bull New York (East Rutherford)
Major League Lacrosse
New Jersey Pride (Piscataway)
Bergen River Dogs (planned, expected to play at the Meadowlands Xanadu Complex)
National Football League
New York Giants (East Rutherford)
New York Jets (East Rutherford)
American Basketball Association
Jersey Express (Madison)
Great Lakes Indoor Football League
New Jersey Revolution (Morristown)
Minor League Baseball teams
Lakewood BlueClaws
New Jersey Jackals (Montclair)
Sussex Skyhawks (Augusta)
Trenton Thunder
Atlantic City Surf
Camden Riversharks
Newark Bears
Somerset Patriots (Bridgewater)
Bergen Cliff Hawks (planned, expected to play at the Meadowlands Xanadu Complex)
ECHL
Trenton Devils
MISL
New Jersey Ironmen (Newark)
The state's four major professional sports teams play at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford. The Devils and Nets play in Continental Airlines Arena, and the Giants and Jets play in Giants Stadium. The Meadowlands and its sports venues are widely considered to be outdated by today's professional sports standards. This led to the Devils announcement that they will be leaving the Meadowlands upon the completion of the new Prudential Center in Newark in 2007. The Nets also have plans to leave the Meadowlands for Brooklyn as soon as a new arena for them is completed. The Giants and Jets though announced in 2005 that they will be staying in the Meadowlands, and a new stadium for both teams should be ready by the 2010 season. The new stadium is part of the Xanadu Project taking shape at the sports complex. The Xanadu Project, when completed in 2007, will be the largest retail and entertainment complex in New Jersey.
Theme parks:
Bowcraft Amusement Park
Land of Make Believe
Morey's Piers
Six Flags Great Adventure
Mountain Creek Waterpark
Clementon Amusement Park
Historic sites:
Edison National Historic Site
Ellis Island National Monument
Emilio Carranza Crash Site and Monument
Grover Cleveland's Birthplace
Monmouth Battlefield State Park
Morristown National Historical Park
Ford Mansion
Fort Nonsense
Jockey Hollow
Old Dutch Parsonage
Princeton Battlefield
St. Michael's Church and Churchyard, Trenton, NJ
The USS New Jersey
Wallace House
Walt Whitman's Tomb and House
Washington Crossing State Park
Museums:
The Liberty Science Center
The Montclair Art Museum
The Newark Museum
The Thomas Edison Museum
Camping and Hiking:
The Appalachian Trail
Camp Glen Gray
South Mountain Reservation
Nudism:
Gunnison Beach
Rock Lodge Club
Areas managed by the National Park Service include:
Appalachian National Scenic Trail
Delaware National Scenic River
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Edison National Historic Site in West Orange
Ellis Island National Monument
Gateway National Recreation Area in Monmouth County
Great Egg Harbor River
Morristown National Historical Park in Morristown
New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route
New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve
Prominent geographic features include:
Delaware Water Gap
Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge
The Highlands
New Jersey Meadowlands
Pine Barrens
South Mountain
New Jersey can be thought of as five regions, based on natural geography and population. Northeastern New Jersey, the Gateway Region, lies within the New York metropolitan area, and some residents commute to the city to work. Northwestern New Jersey, or the "Skylands", is, compared to the northeast, more wooded, rural, and mountainous, but still a popular place to live. The "Shore" along the Atlantic Coast in the southeast has it's own residence and lifestyle characteristics owing to the ocean. The southwest is within Metropolitan Philadelphia, and is included in the Delaware Valley. The fifth region is the Pine Barrens in the interior of the southern part and is covered rather extensively by mixed pine and oak forest, and as such has a much lower population density than much of the rest of the state.
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