New Brunswick, with a population of about 42,000, is located in
central New Jersey at Exit 9 of the New Jersey Turnpike and along the
New York-Philadelphia railroad line. It is approximately 33 miles from
New York City, and frequent express bus and train services are
available to central
Manhattan from a station near the College Avenue Campus. Princeton is 16 miles to the south with Philadelphia about 60
miles to the southwest, and Washington, D.C., fewer than 200
miles to the southwest. The libraries, theaters, concert halls,
museums, galleries, research institutes, clubs, and other educational,
cultural, and recreational resources of the New York-Philadelphia
region are easily accessible to students. In addition, Rutgers attracts
many distinguished visitors, lecturers, and performing artists not
always available to less favorably situated institutions. Newark, the
state's largest city, and Camden, which faces Philadelphia across the
Delaware River, are characteristic northeastern American metropolitan
centers. The university's Newark Campus is about 20 miles from its New
Brunswick Campus, and a few faculty members are engaged in
activities at both locations. The distance between New Brunswick and
Camden is about 55 miles, making interchanges between these campuses
less frequent. Nevertheless, the faculty participating in New
Brunswick programs does include members from Camden and
Newark.