{"id":1050,"date":"2026-07-20T12:02:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T16:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/qbp\/?page_id=1050"},"modified":"2026-07-20T15:42:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T19:42:06","slug":"program-outcomes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/qbp\/program-outcomes\/","title":{"rendered":"Program Outcomes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/qbp\/files\/2025\/08\/QBP-Logo-Mark-x-300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"110\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-875\" \/><\/h2>\n<table width=\"541\" height=\"281\" border=\"2\" style=\"border-color: #000000; height: 280px;\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"5\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Metric<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Current Number<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: f2f2f2;\">\n<td>Mean time to degree<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">5.6 years<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #fcfcfc;\">\n<td>First-author publications per graduate<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">2+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Total publications per graduate<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #fcfcfc;\">\n<td>PhD completion rate<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">91.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Trainees past Year 3 with external fellowships<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">50%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #fcfcfc;\">\n<td>Graduates in research or research-related careers<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">89%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Graduates in academic research positions<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">24%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #fcfcfc;\">\n<td>Graduates in industry research roles<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">76%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><em>Publication numbers use a 10-year alumni tracking window. Stats compiled in 2026.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Metric Current Number Mean time to degree 5.6 years First-author publications per graduate 2+ Total publications per graduate 6 PhD completion rate 91.4% Trainees past Year 3 with external fellowships 50% Graduates in research or research-related careers 89% Graduates in academic research positions 24% Graduates in industry research roles 76% Publication numbers use a 10-year [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17498,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/qbp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1050"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/qbp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/qbp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/qbp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17498"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/qbp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1050"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/qbp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1059,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/qbp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1050\/revisions\/1059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/qbp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}