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<p>California benefits from the UC system because they have so many people who can fund it through their taxes, and also so many outstanding high school students. Few other states would be able to have chain campuses like the UC system. Some state schools have “branch” campuses but these aren’t the same IMO.</p>
<p>New York has the SUNY system, which is nowhere near as well-known or admired as the UC schools.</p>