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Top Colleges by Salary
Visual Capitalist's slope chart drew 49.1K views on X: 2.1x its typical post and #13 of 133 Visual Capitalist charts we track by views. Read Oct 10, 2026.
America’s Top Colleges, Re-Ranked by Graduate Salaries 🎓
Why it spread
This chart post spread because it paired an independent author with an unusual chart type, drawing 49,079 views, 270 likes, 147 saves, 37 reposts and 2 quotes.
What worked
- The slope chart form was unusual, which helped the post stand out from routine rankings.
- The topic tied top colleges to median 10-year salary, a concrete and broadly interesting comparison.
- The post carried a source line and a branded identity, giving the salary ranking more credibility.
What to borrow
We could use a slope chart to show how our own items move between two rankings or two points in time, keeping the source line and brand mark visible.
Careful
Do not over-read the low quote rate or treat the view and save counts as proofagy of quality, since the account's typical performance is unknown.
Written by our analysis model from the measured numbers above, not by Visual Capitalist.
Make it yours
Your numbers, in this table chart.
Starts from the real numbers of "TOP COLLEGES by 10-Year Salary" by Visual Capitalist. Replace every number with yours before you post. Make one like this, step by step
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On the Max plan you can pull this chart's numbers with the provenance of each one, as JSON or CSV, with its redraw spec, or call it from an agent over MCP. Chart id 431fe7b798cf.
Approximate values. Our two readings of this chart agreed only in part (confidence 0.46 of 1), so check the original before you quote a number. The API marks it lowConfidence, and ?min_confidence=0.5 leaves it out.
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| GET | /api/v1/charts/431fe7b798cf | Title, publisher, date, form, point count; with a Max key, the data link | Open |
| GET | /api/v1/charts/431fe7b798cf/data | Every point with its provenance and confidence, plus the redraw spec. Add ?format=csv for CSV | Max |
| GET | /api/v1/charts/431fe7b798cf/render?view=1 | The draw-only view this page uses | Open |
| POST | /mcp | Tool get_chart_data with this id, for Claude, Cursor and other agents | Max |
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--header "Authorization: Bearer $VIRALCHART_KEY"60 requests a minute per key; over that you get 429 with Retry-After. Up to 5 keys per account, made on your account page and shown once. Without Max, the data route answers 402 with a link to the plans. The numbers describe a chart its publisher owns, and every file carries a license note.
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How far did Visual Capitalist's "Top Colleges by Salary" chart travel?
49,079 views, 270 likes, 37 reposts and 147 saves on X, read Oct 10, 2026. A normal post from @VisualCap gets about 23.1K views.
What kind of chart is it?
A slope chart. Top colleges ranked by median 10-year salary.
Can I use Visual Capitalist's chart?
Use the format, not the picture. The chart, logo and design belong to Visual Capitalist. ViralChart redraws the chart type with your numbers and words, and credits the original publisher.