Is Syracuse University's Maxwell School's IR program any good?

[Nico Corr]

I went to a grad school open house a few weeks ago and met someone from the Maxwell school's admin team. I was already familiar with the school and its excellent reputation as far as public policy goes because I have a friend who's father was a professor there and his sister went their for a degree in public diplomacy. The admin official presented a positive image of the school and although its located in Central NY what I have read so far about its reputation and the quality of the training is ranked pretty highly in IR. Foreign Policy ranks Maxwell's IR program as number 15 and I have read they have a number of alumni in high ranking diplomatic positions, which is what I want to do after graduating. I however have not heard from anyone who has gotten a degree in IR from Maxwell and was wondering if there was anyone on here that is familiar with the program who could tell me their thoughts and why they chose it?