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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86% of education institutions permit students to use AI tools.
62% of students use AI for research.
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.
36% of faculty express substantial worry about financial damage related to AI.
54% of schools have not experienced students creating harmful AI content (deepfakes of peers, etc.).
82% of education institutions said they feel at least “somewhat prepared” to handle AI-related cybersecurity threats.
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.
65% of education leaders are aware of misinformation as an AI cybersecurity risk.
26% of educators are Very confident in recognizing AI-related cyber threats.
50% of education institutions feel “somewhat prepared” to handle AI-related cybersecurity threats over the next 1–2 years.
43% of faculty express substantial worry about bias in AI outputs.
49% of students use AI for language assistance.
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.
53% of faculty are 'Somewhat concerned' about AI-related cybersecurity threats.
53% of faculty are concerned about learning disruption due to AI.