I’ve hired a lot of engineers in my life. One of the worst was a Duke graduate. She was very stuck up and spent way too much time over analyzing problems. She thought very highly of her Duke degree. If you are wanting to go to graduate school then Duke is obviously a great choice.
For most engineering jobs, I would rather have an engineer from NCSU, VT, GT, Clemson, OSU etc. USNEWS has NCSU ranked 27 and Duke 30, but I would not put them that close. State graduates a lot of engineers. Their career fair is one of the largest in the nation for a reason. I would have loved for my children to go to my alma mater, but I am very happy with NCSU. My oldest had multiple job offers in October all above national average pay 7 months before she graduates. Her 4 years of tuition was less than one semester of Duke.