[1][2] Enrollment exceeded 2,000 students for 2021's fall semester,[3] and State Tech was named Missouri's fastest growing college by The Chronicle of Higher Education.
In 1995, Linn State Technical College separated from Osage County R-II School District after it obtained its own Board of Regents to govern it.
[5] The new name emphasizes the school's status as Missouri's only state-funded technical college, not funded by local property taxes, drawing students from throughout the state.
[8] The college acquired a 110-acre (0.45 km2) farm just east of the main campus, and rebuilt the ground floor of its farmhouse in 2017 to be used as the president's home and for social activities.
[8] A non-profit foundation named for State Tech is its primary organization for fundraising to enable scholarships, faculty development, instructional equipment, facility construction, and other support to the college.