U.S News & World Report has released its eagerly anticipated, hotly debated, and otherwise adverb-inducing rankings of the country's best colleges, and they're giving those annoying-but-promising kids at Georgetown University another excuse to walk around town with their chins held uncomfortably high in the air. The school fell one spot to 22nd, but beat out all others in the immediate D.C. area. Here's how all the region's schools fared:

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Best National Universities

Johns Hopkins University, 13 (Best value ranking of 32)

Georgetown University, 22 (Best value ranking of 26)

George Washington University, 50

University of Maryland, 55

Howard University, 115

Catholic University, 119

George Mason University, 138

University of Maryland Baltimore County, 158

Best Liberal Arts Schools

Washington and Lee University, 12 (Best value ranking: 15)

Naval Academy, 14

University of Richmond, 27 (Best value ranking: 9)

Virginia Military Academy, 71

Washington University, 110

Hollins University, 116

Gaucher College, 121

Randolph-Macon College, 127

Best North Regional Schools

Loyola University Maryland, 3

Hood College, 26 (Best value ranking: 5)

Notre Dame of Maryland University, 32

Salisbury University, 41

Towson University, 49

Stevenson University, 79

Gallaudet University, 110

Best South Regional Schools

Eastern Mennonite University, 175

Bridgewater College, 178