<p>In North Carolina, NC State has the broadest quality offerings in engineering but specifics matter. If your interests are in biomed, for example, Duke is clearly the go-to place. If your interests are in nuclear, chemical, industrial, materials, or bio/ag, NCSU is clearly the program of choice. </p>
<p>The 2 ranked UNDERGRAD engineering depts at Duke:</p>
<h1>3 Biomedical</h1>
<h1>16 Environmental / Environmental health</h1>
<p>The 4 ranked UNDERGRAD engineering depts at NC State:</p>
<h1>10 Biological/Agricultural</h1>
<h1>17 Chemical</h1>
<h1>13 Environmental / Environmental health</h1>
<h1>13 Industrial / Manufacturing</h1>
<p>The 6 ranked GRADUATE engineering departments at Duke:</p>
<h1>4 Biomedical Engineering / Bioengineering</h1>
<h1>32 Civil Engineering</h1>
<h1>25 Computer Engineering</h1>
<h1>34 Electrical / Electronic / Communications Engineering</h1>
<h1>17 Environmental / Environmental Health Engineering</h1>
<h1>30 Mechanical Engineering</h1>
<p>The 12 ranked GRADUATE engineering departments at NC State:</p>
<h1>33 Aerospace / Aeronautical / Astronautical Engineering</h1>
<h1>6 Biological / Agricultural Engineering</h1>
<h1>55 Biomedical Engineering / Bioengineering</h1>
<h1>20 Chemical Engineering</h1>
<h1>26 Civil Engineering</h1>
<h1>27 Computer Engineering</h1>
<h1>32 Electrical / Electronic / Communications Engineering</h1>
<h1>30 Environmental / Environmental Health Engineering</h1>
<h1>13 Industrial / Manufacturing / Systems Engineering</h1>
<h1>20 Materials Engineering</h1>
<h1>35 Mechanical Engineering</h1>
<h1>5 Nuclear Engineering</h1>
<p>NCSU remains a bargain for in-staters hard to turn down for alternatives in the South given its strength pretty much across the board and great internship opportunities/job recruitment.
The exceptions worth the money regionally would probably be Georgia Tech in most fields (ranked #5 only behind Caltech, Stanford, Berkeley and MIT, it might be hard to say no).
And, for biomed, certainly Duke and possibly Vanderbilt.</p>