jquery selected option text
$("#mySelect option:selected").html();
jquery selected option text
$("#mySelect option:selected").html();
jquery selected option text
$( "#myselect option:selected" ).text();
jquery option selected value
<select id="myselect">
<option value="1">Mr</option>
<option value="2" selected="selected">Mrs</option>
<option value="3">Ms</option>
<option value="4">Dr</option>
<option value="5">Prof</option>
</select>
<script>
alert($( "#myselect" ).val()); //alert '2'
//OR
alert($( "#myselect option:selected" ).attr('value')); //alert '2'
//Use this if you want to get the label and not the value
alert($( "#myselect option:selected" ).text()); //alert 'Mrs'
</script>
jquery select option by text
$("#myDropdown option:contains(Option 2)").attr('selected', 'selected');
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