How long you spend in a seminary school depends on the school and your course of study, and the type of diploma you’re pursuing. It also depends on whether you’re doing your studies part-time or full-time. A seminary school education can take anything from two to seven or eight years of schooling, depending on the certificate you want to obtain at the end of schooling. Some seminaries offer a two-year diploma, after which if you want to proceed with the Bachelor’s degree, you will spend another two or three years. If you enter the seminary, ab initio, the first four years of study leads to an undergraduate Bachelor’s degree for the long haul. In comparison, the remaining three or four years are devoted to pursuing post-graduate degrees, leading up to Master’s and oftentimes Doctorate degrees. At the end of eight years, you could be awarded the Doctor of Divinity degree or the Doctor of Philosophy Degree, depending upon which one you enrolled for.