The College of Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign was first established in 1868,  Engineering at Illinois consistently ranks amongst the top five such engineering colleges in the United States by which American media company that publishes news, opinion, consumer advice, rankings, and analysis, founded as a newsweekly magazine in 1933?
U.S. News &amp; World Report U.S. News & World Report is an American media company that publishes news, opinion, consumer advice, rankings, and analysis. Founded as a newsweekly magazine in 1933, U.S. News transitioned to primarily web-based publishing in 2010. U.S. News is best known today for its influential Best Colleges and Best Hospitals rankings, but it has expanded its content and product offerings in education, health, money, careers, travel, and cars. The rankings are popular in North America but have drawn widespread criticism from colleges, administrations, and students for their dubious, disparate, and arbitrary nature. The ranking system by "U.S. News" is usually contrasted with the "Washington Monthly" and "Forbes" rankings.
Polytechnic College of Pennsylvania Polytechnic College of Pennsylvania was a school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania founded in 1853. It was the eighth school of engineering in the United States and the first to offer degree programs in mechanical engineering, mining engineering, and architecture. It was founded by Dr. Alfred L. Kennedy, who took inspiration from polytechnic schools in Europe, specifically the Polytechnische Schule of Carlsruhe and the L'Ecole Centrale des Arts of Paris.