Rutgers MPA?

[lanetobia]

I was accepted and am now waiting on a few other schools; I havent seen one mention of the program on this forum - yet I know people in the public sector and academics associated with public administration/policy schools who think it is a top notch program, which is why I applied. Obviously the Bloustein school offers a slightly different but similar degree and has the better name recognition - as do most of the schools constantly mentioned on this website (NYU-Wagner, SIPA, Syracuse, GT, etc.). I'm just wondering why Rutgers MPA program never comes up in conversation...its got to be at least one of the top 30 MPA programs in the nation from what I can tell - and sits in the the largest metro area in the country. What gives?