The aim of this paper is to analyze the structure of decision-making of students for transfer in short-cycle higher education based on the "Survey on high school students' progression" conducted by Center for Research on University Management and Policy, Tokyo University. After the descriptive analysis, binominal logistic regression model was used for analyzing the structure of decision-making of students for transfer at both time of high school and colleges. The primary results include: 1) Parents' expectation regulates their children's choice. 2) Academic record in junior high school and learning behavior in college affect students' choice. Further analysis of actual result of transfer to university and development of framework of student survey that focuses on another type of minority students remain as future issues.