What thesis and dissertation editing and formatting cost

Editing and formatting are priced by the page, so you pay for the length of your document and nothing else. The totals below show what a document of each size costs. Your exact quote depends on your page count and the scope you choose, and you can get it from the quote form in a minute.

Totals by page count

Pages	Thesis or dissertation editing	Thesis or dissertation formatting	Both
100	$500	$300	$800
150	$750	$450	$1,200
200	$1,000	$600	$1,600
250	$1,250	$750	$2,000

Editing has a minimum of $300 and formatting has a minimum of $250, so a short document costs the minimum.

What editing includes

Thesis or dissertation editing is a light copyedit of grammar, clarity, sentence flow, and the way citations are written in the text. It includes one full pass and one round of revisions. Heavy rewriting is outside the service, and if your draft needs it, we say so and quote it separately before we begin.

What formatting includes

Thesis or dissertation formatting brings the document into your style manual and your university's template: headings, page numbers, margins, tables, figures, the table of contents and the reference list layout. It covers APA 7, Chicago, Turabian and MLA.

Optional: reference cross-check

For either service you can add a cross-check that matches every in-text citation to your reference list and every entry in the list back to the text, and flags what does not match. It does not verify the sources themselves, and you resolve each flagged item. It is quoted separately because the cost depends on the number of references.

What affects the quote

Page count sets most of the price. The scope matters too: editing, formatting, or both, and whether you add the cross-check. Your deadline matters because we confirm a delivery date in your quote. If your document needs more than a light copyedit, the quote reflects that before you pay.

How payment works

A deposit is required before work begins, and the balance is due when the agreed work is complete, before the final file is released. We confirm every payment by email.

What we do not do

We do not write chapters, build arguments or conduct research for you, and we do not guarantee committee approval, grades or publication. If your committee questions the argument, a chapter review or manuscript review addresses that, and editing follows once the content is settled.

Before you decide

Read how long dissertation editing takes to plan around your deadline, and whether you need an editor if you are still weighing it.

Ready for your quote?

Use the quote form. Send your page count, your citation style and your deadline.