The precise count of all the schools he single-handedly established or joined with others to construct, both in China and abroad, comes to no less than 29. In his home county Jimei they include the kindergarten, elementary school, high school, teacher's college, agricultural college, fisheries college, and the navigation college. In Xiamen his energies produced Xiamen University, from whose doors have marched many generations of talented individuals.
細數陳嘉庚一手創立或聯合募捐成立的學校，海內海外加起來，竟不下廿九所：在故鄉集美，有幼稚園、小學、中學、師範、農業、水產、航海學校等等；在廈門，則有人才輩出的廈門大學。