APA Title Page Setup (6th and 7th Editions)

Depending on which school you are creating a paper for will determine whether you are using the 6th or 7th edition of the APA manual for documentation.

Below, you can find the 6th and 7th edition versions of a title page created by a Liberty University student.

Title Page Setup

The American Psychological Association website at https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/paper-format/title-page states the necessary information for title pages:

A title page is required for all APA Style papers. There are both student and professional versions of the title page. Students should use the student version of the title page unless their instructor or institution has requested they use the professional version. APA provides a student title page guide (PDF, 199KB) to assist students in creating their title pages.

For Liberty University students, you must include your degree sought and your documentation style for the degree to be posted on the Title page of your assignment.   Be sure to include these two lines on your student title page at the very bottom: Degree/Diploma: ____________ Documentation Format:  ____________

Student Title Page

While the APA site also has a sample student title page, if you are a student at Liberty University, you must remember to add these two lines on your student title page: Degree/Diploma and Documentation Format.  See the content below from the APA website on student title pages ().

The student title page includes the paper title, author names (the byline), author affiliation, course number and name for which the paper is being submitted, instructor name, assignment due date, and page number, as shown in the following example.

Title page setup is covered in Section 2.3 of the APA Publication Manual, Seventh Edition.  This guidance has been revised from the 6th edition.

APA Title Page (7th edition)

APA 7^th Edition formatted student papers do not include a running head unless requested by the instructor or institution.

Follow the guidelines described below to format each element of the student title page.

Student title page element	Format	Example
Paper title	Place the title three to four lines down from the top of the title page. Center it and type it in bold font. Capitalize major words of the title. Place the main title and any subtitle on separate double-spaced lines if desired. There is no maximum length for titles; however, keep titles focused and include key terms.	Impact of Gender on the Evaluation of Humor in Romantic Relationships
Author names	Place one double-spaced blank line between the paper title and the author names. Center author names on their own line. If there are two authors, use the word “and” between authors; if there are three or more authors, place a comma between author names and use the word “and” before the final author name.	Cecily J. Sinclair and Adam Gonzaga
Author affiliation	For a student paper, the affiliation is the institution where the student attends school. Include both the name of any department and the name of the college, university, or other institution, separated by a comma. Center the affiliation on the next double-spaced line after the author name(s).	Department of Psychology, University of Georgia
Course number and name	Provide the course number as shown on instructional materials, followed by a colon and the course name. Center the course number and name on the next double-spaced line after the author affiliation.	PSY 201: Introduction to Psychology
Instructor name	Provide the name of the instructor for the course using the format shown on instructional materials. Center the instructor name on the next double-spaced line after the course number and name.	Dr. Rowan J. Estes
Assignment due date	Provide the due date for the assignment. Center the due date on the next double-spaced line after the instructor name. Use the date format commonly used in your country.	October 18, 2020 18 October 2020
Page number	Use the page number 1 on the title page. Use the automatic page-numbering function of your word processing program to insert page numbers in the top right corner of the page header.	1
Degree/Diploma	LIBERTY STUDENTS Be sure to add a line for the degree or diploma you are working toward while in the class.  Include this line at the bottom section of your title page.  (If you are a Dual Enrolled student, you would write DE HS Diploma in this section unless you have specifically declared a degree at Liberty. However, if you are a DE student, you will be using MLA documentation style since high school English courses use MLA as their standard documentation style.)	Degree/Diploma: Psychology
Documentation Style	LIBERTY STUDENTS Be sure to add a line noting the documentation style you are using in the writing.  Include this line at the bottom section of your title page.  (If you are a Dual Enrolled student, you would not be using APA unless you have specifically declared a degree at Liberty that uses APA formatting because MLA documentation style is the standard documentation style for high school English courses.)	Documentation Style: APA, 7th Edition

APA Title Page (6th edition)

APA Sample Paper with Directional Notes