The biggest beneficiaries of the "one university two systems" format are students in the state system. Although tuition for the private divisions is on a par with those of other Ivy League schools, the tuition for the state divisions, which offer the same first-tate quality, is about half.
康乃爾提供一流大學的教育品質，雖然私立學院系統的註冊費也與其他長春藤盟校相去不遠，但州立學院的學費，大約只要私立學院的一半。