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The name BYU is an abbreviation for Brigham Young University , eponymously named after the university's founder in 1875 .

BYU is located in Provo , Utah and boasts an enrollment of 35,743 total daytime students and 32,823 undergraduate students.

The university broke off from the University of Deseret and changed its name to Brigham Young Academy in 1876 .

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