On May 21, 1996, voters in Jackson and Josephine counties approved expansion of Rogue's boundaries to include all of Jackson County, for the purpose of providing a wider range of educational programs, job-training opportunities, and greater college access for students throughout the Rogue Valley.

Classes that had formerly been offered at the VA Domiciliary in White City are now available at the Table Rock Campus.

An additional facility adjacent to the Table Rock Campus, the High Technology Center, which opened in September 2018, houses the Welding, Manufacturing and Mechatronics programs.

As a public institution, RCC collects funds from property taxes, the state of Oregon, any relevant grants or levies, as well as tuition.

However, in November 2014, the RCC board of trustees officially approved intercollegiate athletics at the institution (joining NWAC) starting initially with men's and women's soccer and cross country.

[5] It discontinued its cross country and long-distance track programs in 2017[6] and added a women's volleyball team in 2019.