The cost to edit and format a dissertation or dissertation proposal varies greatly depending on what services you need and what kind of shape it comes in. Most 5-chapter dissertations with all 4 options selected (editing text, editing references, citation matching, and formatting) range from $900 to $1,400.

I can work at an hourly rate ($70) or for a fixed price, which is based on how many hours I think it will take. Fixed price jobs are for one edit. Any additional work is billed at the hourly rate. You can fill out my form under "Estimate & Contact." I will email you back and then you can attach your document to the email for an estimate or fixed price quote.

I ask for a 50% deposit paid via Venmo, PayPal, or CashApp before beginning work (except CSULB institutional stipends). The other 50% is due within 72 business hours when I finish the job and return it to you.

The following are approximate estimates to give you an idea of the cost:

• Editing text: 100 pages of double-spaced text is about $580
• Editing references: 12-15 pages of double-spaced references are about $70
• Formatting: about $70 to $210, depending on the length of the document, how much has already been formatted, whether any existing formatting is correct, and the level of detail in your university's guidelines or template.
• Checking whether references are cited in text and vice versa. This is difficult to estimate but I do approximately 20 pages of references and 100 pages of text in 2.5-3 hours, which is $175-$210.

All projects need to be in Microsoft Word, and I use track changes and the comment feature. Sorry, no Google Docs or Latex. In my experience, transferring a Google Doc to Word creates a big formatting mess, so it is unlikely that I could format a dissertation that has been in Google Docs.