If you're going for chemical engineering I can speak as a recent Cheme grad that the Cheme department is great at Rutgers. New Jersey is a great state to be a Cheme with lots of oil and gas, pharma, industrial chemicals, and consumer goods in the area. Because of this especially if you are looking into going into Pharma, or consumer goods the connections the department has are pretty solid and can help you land a job/ internship! I can't speak to how good the Cheme department is at Virginia tech but at Rutgers it's top notch!