About Fairleigh Dickinson University

Fairleigh Dickinson University is a private academic circles with its main campuses in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Founded in 1942, Fairleigh Dickinson University currently offers exceeding 100 individual degree programs to its students. In supplement to its two campuses in New Jersey, the university also has a campus in Canada, a campus in the United Kingdom, and an online platform. Fairleigh Dickinson University is New Jersey’s largest private institution of superior education, with on zenith of 11,000 students.

Hackensack is a city in Bergen County in New Jersey, United States, and serves as its county seat. The area was officially named New Barbadoes Township until 1921, but it was informally known as Hackensack in the past at least the 18th century. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city’s population was 43,010, reflecting an mass of 333 (+0.8%) from the 42,677 counted in the 2000 Census, which had, in turn, increased by 5,628 (+15.2%) from the 37,049 counted in the 1990 Census.

An inner suburb of New York City, Hackensack is located approximately 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Midtown Manhattan and virtually 7 miles (11 km) from the George Washington Bridge. From a number of locations, the New York City skyline can be seen.

The Metropolitan Campus of Fairleigh Dickinson University straddles the Hackensack River in both Hackensack and Teaneck. Hackensack is moreover the home of the former New Jersey Naval Museum and the World War II submarine USS Ling. Astronaut Wally Schirra is perhaps Hackensack’s most well-known native son.

The city has diverse neighborhoods and house uses located close to one another. Within its borders are the prominent Hackensack University Medical Center, a well-liked high-rise district just about a mile long, classic suburban neighborhoods of single-family houses, stately older homes upon acre-plus lots, older two-family neighborhoods, large garden apartment complexes, industrial areas, the Bergen County Jail, a tidal river, Hackensack River County Park, Borg’s Woods Nature Preserve, various city parks, large office buildings, a major instructor campus, the Bergen County Court House, a buzzing small-city downtown district, and various small neighborhood situation districts.