Education sector
We've curated 65 cybersecurity statistics about the Education sector to help you understand how threats like phishing and ransomware are impacting schools and universities, as well as the technologies being implemented to safeguard student data in 2025.
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Only 2% of education institutions have banned AI tools outright for students.
27% of students use AI for completing assignments.
2% of education institutions ban AI tools entirely for students.
54% of schools have not experienced students creating harmful AI content (deepfakes of peers, etc.).
Among faculty, adoption of AI tools is 91%.
2% of education institutions feel “not at all prepared” to handle AI-related cybersecurity threats over the next 1–2 years.
37% of faculty are 'Very concerned' about AI-related cybersecurity threats.
16% of schools are not sure if they have experienced students creating harmful AI content (deepfakes of peers, etc.).
More than a third (37%) of faculty said they were “very concerned” about AI-related cybersecurity threats.
37% of faculty express substantial worry about reputational harm related to AI.
53% of faculty are 'Somewhat concerned' about AI-related cybersecurity threats.
10% of faculty are 'Not concerned' about AI-related cybersecurity threats.
65% of faculty are concerned about student privacy violations due to AI.
53% of faculty are concerned about learning disruption due to AI.
52% of faculty are concerned about deepfake impersonation of staff/students due to AI.
30% of students use AI for coding.
40% of students use AI for revision support.
32% of education institutions feel “very prepared” to handle AI-related cybersecurity threats over the next 1–2 years.
Only one in four educators feels truly confident in their ability to spot an AI scam.
More than 40% of faculty have already been impacted by AI-related cybersecurity threats.