APA Citation Style: Title Page

Below are the rules of format for an APA-title page. However, your professor may want you to include different elements in your title page such as a class name and number or the due date.  Always check with your professor first - your professor is always the final authority.

See below for a picture image of a title page.

Typeface (Font)

• Times New Roman
• 12-point
• Font for tables can be sans-serif (such as Arial) but still in a size of 12-point

Line-Spacing

• Double-spaced - including title, headings, footnotes, quotations, references, and figure captions, an all text lines of the manuscript

Margins

• 1-inch margins at the top, bottom, right and left of every page

Alignment

• Do not justify the right margin (make the right margin even); for text use flush left
• Do not divide words at the end of a line (do not use hyphenation)

Title Page

• Title - should be concise; capitalize major words, but not minor ones
• Running head - the running head is an abbreviated title that is printed at the top of the pages of a manuscript and should be no longer than 50 characters (including spaces and punctuation)
• Author byline - your name (first name, middle intial, last name); if writing with other students, their names as well
• Institutional affiliation - University of Northern Colorado
• Page number - on the title page, it will be 1