Broene attended the University of Michigan and Valparaiso University, from which he graduated in 1906. He went on to do graduate work at Clark University and pursued his doctorate at Clark, while working as a teacher and later principal of Christian schools in Paterson, New Jersey, and Chicago, Illinois.
Broene attended the University of Michigan and Valparaiso University before graduating in 1906. He then continued his graduate studies at Clark University and earned his doctorate there while teaching and serving as a principal for Christian schools in Paterson, New Jersey, and Chicago, Illinois.