Education
We've curated 62 cybersecurity statistics about Education to help you understand how schools and universities are enhancing their defenses against phishing attacks and data breaches in 2025.
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More than 50% of education desktops and mobile devices are unencrypted.
The education sector was the most targeted industry in March, experiencing an average of 4,632 cyber-attacks per organization per week, a 6% decrease year over year.
Education has 15% consumer trust
Vendor-related cybersecurity incidents among schools districts rose from 4% in 2023 to 32% in 2025.
In 2025, 52% of U.S. school districts experienced a cybersecurity incident, up from 36% in 2024 and 31% in 2023.
Four out of five U.S. school districts (80%) believe AI is increasing their cybersecurity risk.
58% of U.S. school districts have adopted new technologies to meet insurance requirements.
54% of U.S. school districts rate student identity theft or long-term harm as their number one concern.
Education accounted for 24% of total DDoS attacks in 2025, up from 15% the prior year, with more than 45% of attacks occurring in April and May during peak academic periods.
The education sector continued to be the most targeted industry in February, facing an average of 4,749 cyber attacks per organization per week, a 7% increase year over year.
Students have the lowest Multi-Factor Authentication adoption at 13% across grade levels.
Only 21% of U.S. school districts feel most confident addressing student identity threats.
Only 11% of U.S. school districts have formal processes to vet AI use in edtech tools.
Nearly 40% of school district administrators are unsure if the new technologies they've adopted to meet insurance requirements actually make their students safer.
The education sector saw ransomware attacks decrease by approximately 12% year-on-year in 2025.
Nearly 40% of schools feel underprepared for ransomware in 2025
92% of school IT leaders expect AI-powered phishing to be the most dangerous threat in the coming year
High confidence in cybersecurity among school IT leaders dropped from 30% in 2024 to 18% in 2025
45% of SMBs cite employee negligence as their biggest cybersecurity concern, particularly acute in the education sector.
Two-thirds of school IT leaders worldwide rated their cybersecurity maturity as moderate.