Select Value from Drop Down (WebDriver)

Snippet for Selecting Value from Drop Down

1.)Select selectData=new Select(element);

selectData.deselectAll();

selectData.selectByValue("Education Organization");

2.)WebElement sec_ques1 = driver.findElement(By.id("securityQuestion_1"));
Select selectsec_ques1 = new Select(sec_ques1);
selectsec_ques1.selectByValue("What is your Pet's name?");


Example" 

<option value = "MD">MD</option>

<option value="prog">Programmer</option>

dropdown.selectByVisibleText("Programmer ");

or

dropdown.selectByIndex(1);

or

 dropdown.selectByValue("prog")