Tuition at a college went up from $\$ 29,000$ per year to $\$ 31,000$ per year. What is the percentage of increase? Round to the nearest percent

Step 1 ：Calculate the difference between the new tuition and the original tuition: \( \$ 31,000 - \$ 29,000 \)

Step 2 ：Divide the difference by the original tuition: \( \frac{\$ 2,000}{\$ 29,000} \)

Step 3 ：Multiply the result by 100 to get the percentage: \( \frac{\$ 2,000}{\$ 29,000} \times 100 \)

Step 4 ：Round the percentage to the nearest whole number: 6.896551724137931 \approx 7

Step 5 ：\( \boxed{7} \)