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
Four out of five U.S. school districts (80%) believe AI is increasing their cybersecurity risk.
In 2025, 52% of U.S. school districts experienced a cybersecurity incident, up from 36% in 2024 and 31% in 2023.
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.
Vendor-related cybersecurity incidents among schools districts rose from 4% in 2023 to 32% in 2025.
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 11% of U.S. school districts have formal processes to vet AI use in edtech tools.
58% of U.S. school districts have adopted new technologies to meet insurance requirements.
Nearly 40% of school district administrators are unsure if the new technologies they've adopted to meet insurance requirements actually make their students safer.
Only 21% of U.S. school districts feel most confident addressing student identity threats.
The education sector saw ransomware attacks decrease by approximately 12% year-on-year 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.
Half of school IT leaders view ransomware as a serious threat to learning continuity in 2025
89% of schools experienced at least one cyber incident in the past year, primarily phishing, unauthorized access, and malware.
High confidence in cybersecurity among school IT leaders dropped from 30% in 2024 to 18% in 2025