State universities in other countries either supply control through very high entrance standards or keeping everything cheap (think the interior of the typical USPS post office).
What's wrong with the post office interior? You're there to mail stuff, not to vacation.
I don’t think OP was criticizing it.
From my experience with State funded education in India. The quality of education is far from what you expect somewhere in West. Biggest problem is attracting teachers at professional education institutions like Engineering. The salaries are less than $1000 a month vs in Engineering companies which would pay a multiple of that. The schools do attract a talented bunch of students who have to clear extremely high entrance standards.
I understand what you mean but USPS post office would be lot better than most of the buildings in university I attended in my country :)