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.
John R. Dunlap John Robertson Dunlap (1857 – June 5, 1937) was an American journalist, editor and publisher of engineering magazines and books. He is known as founder of the "Engineering Magazine" in 1891, which in the early 20th century became the "quality magazine in the field of business management."