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In France there are two systems. Competitive and non competitive. Competitive is for med school and high end schools of engineering or economics / management. The entry tests are nation-wide and standardized. The non-competitive may have an entry test but non standardized. Both further tests are up to the discretion of the teachers.

There used to be public graduation rankings, but they are no more.

Standard Univ courses (at least in science and economics) are way subpar compared the same degree pursued in schools or high-end universities with a competitive exam in France. Source: I did an engineering school and did one master in university.

However, I liked more the atmosphere in University.

Also, most private eng schools are crap though they're quite expensive.

So it doesn't seem that tuition have an incidence on quality, at least in France.